Students in York can earn an associate's degree in Fashion Marketing from the Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, preparing them for various fashion-related careers such as buyer, designer, visual merchandiser, fashion coordinator, and specialty/department store manager. Students wanting more educational options will need to look to other cities within the state. Philadelphia, less than two hours from York, has several schools offering advanced fashion programs.
The number of fashion design and patternmaker positions in York is very limited, so most fashion professionals in the area work in other related occupations such as textile, apparel, and furnishing positions or retail sales management. Although textile, apparel, and furnishing positions are predicted to decline by over 30% from 2002 to 2012, occupational projections for retail sales management in York are very positive. Predictions put the number of retail sales management jobs at 2,560 by 2012, a 13.3% increase from 2002.
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