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Art Schools in Memphis

Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has five art schools within its city limits. Rhodes College, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 1,673. It is the 123rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University).

Art students from Memphis 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.

Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary.

Of the 5 art schools in Memphis, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Rhodes College comes out as the most expensive ($25,801/yr) for art students, with Southwest Tennessee Community College as the lowest, reported at only $4,338/yr.

Art Programs in Memphis

• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Commercial and Advertising Art
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Art Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Fine/Studio Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Cartography
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Commercial and Advertising Art
  

  Levels offered: Associates

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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