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Art Schools in Dallas

By mayavfx on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 with

Art Schools in Dallas

Dallas, TX (population: 1,304,930) has two art schools within its city limits. Southern Methodist University, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 10,891. It is the 976th highest ranked school in the USA and the 43rd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).

Art students from Dallas 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 Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area alone, there are 60 employed craft artists earning an average salary of $26,400. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this area earn $50,350/yr and there are 150 employed.

Dallas lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.074 out of every 1000 jobs in Dallas are held by fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, and 0.028/1000 are held by craft artists.

Of the 2 art schools in Dallas, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Southern Methodist University comes out as the most expensive ($28,682/yr) for art students, with Dallas Baptist University as the lowest, reported at only $16,412/yr.