Interior Design & Color Consultant Certificate Program Fact Sheet

What is an Interior Design & Color Consultant?	Is color your interest area of Interior Design? Color Consultants are a specialized area of design where designers provide advice on exterior & interior color schemes, fabrics and other materials for clients. Learn the skills in design to offer design and color advice.
Certificates	Interior Design & Color Consultant, Certificate
Prerequisite Courses	FYES 1000 Diploma level proficiency in English and reading required to take INDS technical courses. Please refer to course descriptions in the online catalog for specific prerequisites. High school diploma or GED and must be at least 16 years of age before enrolling in INDS 1100 .
Length of Program	Certificate: 2 semesters minimum 19 Credit hours
Semester Program Begins	Fall, spring, and summer.
Application Process	Applicants to the Interior Design & Color Consultant program must meet all Admission requirements; complete an application and pay the application fee. Individuals apply to Gwinnett Technical College at GwinnettTech.edu, submit all transcripts from high school and previous college work, and take the ACCUPLACER test, if required.
Program Deadlines	You may enter in the fall, spring or summer terms.
For more information, contact:	Susan Arnold, program director, SArnold@GwinnettTech.edu, 678-226-6632.
For admission and enrollment, contact:	Enrollment Support Center in Building 100 at the Lawrenceville campus, or Building A at the Alpharetta-North Fulton campus, or email BusinessArtDesignTeam@GwinnettTech.edu.

Quick Facts

(This data was compiled from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)

Interior Design & Color Consultant

2016 Median pay	$32,000
Entry level education	Certificate
Number of jobs, 2016	28,300
Job growth, 2010 - 2020	4%

The ASID State of the Industry shows that Interior Design has fully recovered to pre-recession levels. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census reflect an 11.9% growth in the number of Interior Designers, 6% growth in Design firms and 8 to 9% growth in the construction industry. Interior Design is a strong growing sector. It is complex, changing, and accelerating as the building environment grows and changes.