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Art Schools in Denver

By mayavfx on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 with

Art Schools in Denver

Denver, CO (population: 609,651) has four art schools within its city limits. University of Denver, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 11,644. It is the 148th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Colorado (#1 is Colorado College).

Art students from Denver 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 Denver-Aurora area alone, there are ** employed craft artists earning an average salary of $31,080. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this area earn $*/yr and there are 40 employed.

Denver lies in Denver county, which is one of the 55 counties in Colorado. Overall, the Denver-Aurora area has 1,218,790 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $23/hr average worker wage, and a $48,560 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Denver are held by fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, and **/1000 are held by craft artists.

Of the 4 art schools in Denver, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Denver comes out as the most expensive ($31,044/yr) for art students, with Metropolitan State College of Denver as the lowest, reported at only $11,829/yr.