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Art Schools in Oklahoma City

By mayavfx on Thursday, May 5, 2011 with

Art Schools in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, OK (population: 564,147) has three art schools within its city limits. Oklahoma City University, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 3,829. It is the 310th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Oklahoma.

Art students from Oklahoma City 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.

Oklahoma City lies in Oklahoma county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Oklahoma City area has 564,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $18.31/hr average worker wage, and a $38,090 average annual salary.

Of the 3 art schools in Oklahoma City, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Oklahoma City University comes out as the most expensive ($18,609/yr) for art students, with Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City as the lowest, reported at only $5,899/yr.