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Art and Design Schools in Kentucky

Kentucky contains 59 schools that offer art and design programs. Centre College, the highest-ranking art and design school in KY, has a total student population of 1,216 and is the 134th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 59 art and design schools in Kentucky, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Hair Design School-Elizabethtown comes out as the most expensive ($42,288/yr), with Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $5,275/yr.

Art and Design students from Kentucky schools who go on to become designers, ad designers, advertising designers, commercial designers, 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, Electrical and electronics drafters make on average $54,800 per year and there are about 30,590 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Kentucky alone, there are 290 employed electrical and electronics drafters earning an average yearly salary of $56,360. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this state earn $33,140/yr and there are 70 employed.

Also, within the art and design schools in Kentucky, the average student population is 2,555 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from art and design, there are 2859 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,477 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,117, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Kentucky Interesting Facts

The town of Murray is home to the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum located on the campus of Murray State University.
The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the first Saturday in May.
The Bluegrass Country around Lexington is home to some of the world's finest racehorses.
Kentucky was a popular hunting ground for the Shawnee and Cherokee Indian nations prior to being settled by white settlers.
In 1774 Harrodstown (now Harrodsburg) was established as the first permanent settlement in the Kentucky region. It was named after James Harrod who led a team of area surveyors.

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