"For UK courses, try one of the sites like http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/courses/search?o=Employment+Prospects&s=Design that shows data from the national student survey about employment prospects after a year, and student satisfaction. Fashion design courses in London are touted round the world but have really terrible student satisfaction rates, because they teach design alone rather than manufacturing and design or selling and design; it seldom makes a living as a job by itself, so students get frustrated at grand comments about their home-made samples and constant reminders that "it's very competative".Another thing to check is the cost of rent in a town. Footwear design courses in Leicester and Northampton are cheaper for rent than the Footwear design course in central London."