Art Schools in Atlanta

Atlanta, GA (population: 571,861) has eight art schools within its city limits. Emory University, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 12,930. It is the 30th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Georgia.

Art students from Atlanta schools who go on to become artists, animators, animation designers, animation artists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 8,900 people working as fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,630. Also, Craft artists make on average $33,070 per year and there are about 5,380 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area alone, there are ** employed craft artists earning an average salary of $29,690. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this area earn $26,760/yr and there are 220 employed.

Atlanta lies in Fulton county, which is one of the 106 counties in Georgia. Overall, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area has 2,290,890 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0% unemployment rate, $22/hr average worker wage, and a $45,520 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Atlanta are held by fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, and **/1000 are held by craft artists.

Of the 8 art schools in Atlanta, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Spelman College comes out as the most expensive ($29,112/yr) for art students, with Atlanta Technical College as the lowest, reported at only $5,914/yr.

Art Schools in Atlanta

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates, Masters, PhD

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Masters

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Masters

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and Performing Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Certificate

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