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Art Schools in El Paso

By mayavfx on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 with

Art Schools in El Paso

El Paso, TX (population: 631,862) has three art schools within its city limits. Computer Career Center, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 994. It is the 1168th highest ranked school in the USA and the 53rd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).

Art students from El Paso 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.

El Paso lies in El Paso county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the El Paso area has 269,250 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.0% unemployment rate, $16.37/hr average worker wage, and a $34,050 average annual salary.

Of the 3 art schools in El Paso, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Computer Career Center comes out as the most expensive ($14,463/yr) for art students, with El Paso Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,368/yr.