Art Schools in Chicago

Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has seventeen art schools within its city limits. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University). To learn more about art programs in Chicago, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of art professors at Loyola University Chicago such as Matt Groves, Christian Rieben, Thomas Rowlands, and Diane Santinga.

Art students from Chicago 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 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are ** employed craft artists earning an average salary of $33,210. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this area earn $42,370/yr and there are 280 employed.

Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, and **/1000 are held by craft artists.

Of the 17 art schools in Chicago, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, School of the Art Institute of Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($38,965/yr) for art students, with City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College as the lowest, reported at only $5,698/yr.

Art Schools in Chicago

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  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

• Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Design and Applied Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors, PhD

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Visual and Performing Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Masters

• Art Therapy/Therapist

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other

  Levels offered: Masters

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Masters

• Cartography

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Arts Management

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

  Levels offered: Masters

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art Therapy/Therapist

  Levels offered: Masters

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Arts Management

  Levels offered: Masters

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and Performing Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  Levels offered: Associates

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Associates

• Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  Levels offered: Associates

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Associates

• Design and Applied Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and Performing Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

  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, Masters

• Arts Management

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Fine/Studio 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

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

  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/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Design and Applied Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Associates

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Associates

• Art Therapy/Therapist

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

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