Furniture Design & Manufacturing

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    Total Degrees​
    Awarded in 2024
    70
    declining 6.67%
    Median In-State​
    Public Tuition
    $7,070
    growing 204%
    Median Out-of-State​
    Private Tuition
    $58,260
    growing 4.44%

    About

    In 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Furniture Design & Manufacturing degree recipients are Providence, RI, Boston, MA, and Cheektowaga, NY. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Furniture Design & Manufacturing degree recipients are Cheektowaga, NY, Providence, RI, and Wausau, WI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Furniture Design & Manufacturing is a bachelors degree.

    Institutions

    Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Furniture Design & Manufacturing and the types of students that study this field. Rhode Island School of Design awards the most degrees in Furniture Design & Manufacturing in the US, but North Bennet Street School and Rhode Island School of Design have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Furniture Design & Manufacturing.

    Tuition costs for Furniture Design & Manufacturing majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $58,260 for out of state private colleges.

    The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Furniture Design & Manufacturing programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (5 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (46 completions).

    Institutions

    Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Furniture Design & Manufacturing (2024)
    1. 39 degrees awarded
    2. 22 degrees awarded
    3. 3 degrees awarded

    The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Furniture Design & Manufacturing, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (46 completions in 2024).

    The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Furniture Design & Manufacturing programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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    Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

    $7,070
    Median In-State Public
    $58,260
    Median Out of State Private

    Rhode Island School of Design has the most Furniture Design & Manufacturing degree recipients, with 39 degrees awarded in 2024.

    The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Furniture Design & Manufacturing.

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    Specialized Colleges

    Highest Concentration Institution
    1. 23.7%
    2. 5.21%

    Out of all institutions that offer Furniture Design & Manufacturing programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, North Bennet Street School has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Furniture Design & Manufacturing, with 23.7%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Precision Production in the United States.

    The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Precision Production degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Precision Production (43 students).

    Degrees Awarded

    The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Furniture Design & Manufacturing are Bachelors Degree, 2 to 4 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Masters Degree.

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    Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

    Male (52.9%)
    Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

    This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Furniture Design & Manufacturing.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

    Degrees
    Most Common Race or Ethnicity
    1. White
      43 degrees awarded in 2024
    2. Non-resident Alien
      10 degrees awarded in 2024
    3. Asian
      7 degrees awarded in 2024

    This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Furniture Design & Manufacturing for each race & ethnicity.

    In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Sex

    Degrees
    Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
    1. White Female
      7 degrees awarded
    2. White Male
      7 degrees awarded
    3. Non-resident Alien Female
      5 degrees awarded

    This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Furniture Design & Manufacturing.

    White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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    Skills

    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Furniture Design & Manufacturing field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Furniture Design & Manufacturing majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Furniture Design & Manufacturing majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Selection, and Equipment Maintenance.

    These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Furniture Design & Manufacturing majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Active Listening, and Operations Monitoring are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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