San Antonio, TX (population: 1,402,013) has fifteen art and design schools within its city limits. St Marys University, the highest ranked school in the city with an art and design program, has a total student population of 3,893. It is the 405th highest ranked school in the USA and the 12th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Art and Design students from San Antonio 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.
San Antonio lies in Bexar county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the San Antonio area has 837,030 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $18.25/hr average worker wage, and a $37,970 average annual salary.
Of the 15 art and design schools in San Antonio, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Milan Institute of Cosmetology comes out as the most expensive ($27,430/yr) for art and design students, with San Antonio College as the lowest, reported at only $3,422/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Antonio |
| Seguin | TX | - | 2 | 43.9208 | 52 | 33.7 miles |
| Kerrville | TX | - | 2 | 41.881 | 56 | 55.5 miles |
| Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 74.4 miles |
| Cedar Park | TX | 72,258 | 0 | - | 0 | 83.3 miles |
| Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 86.3 miles |
| Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 95.8 miles |