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Art Schools in Austin

By mayavfx on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 with

Art Schools in Austin

Austin, TX (population: 792,778) has two art schools within its city limits. Saint Edward's University, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 5,293. It is the 242nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University). To learn more about art programs in Austin, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of art professors at Saint Edward's University such as Mary Brantl, Walle Conoly, Guillermo Hinojosa-Canales, Laura Anne Hollis, Stan Irvin, and Eric Zimmerman.

Art students from Austin 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.

Austin lies in Travis county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Austin-Round Rock area has 769,370 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.3% unemployment rate, $21.72/hr average worker wage, and a $45,180 average annual salary.

Of the 2 art schools in Austin, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Saint Edward's University comes out as the most expensive ($20,510/yr) for art students, with Austin Community College District as the lowest, reported at only $7,469/yr.