Arlington, TX (population: 385,024) has three audio production schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The University of Texas at Dallas, the highest ranked school in this group with an audio production program, has a total student population of 15,783. It is the 153rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Audio Production students from Arlington schools who go on to become audio production engineers, audio professionals, audio engineers, audio producers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. Also, Audio and video equipment technicians make on average $42,450 per year and there are about 46,070 of them employed in the US today.
Arlington lies in Tarrant county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan area has 856,430 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.1% unemployment rate, $19.78/hr average worker wage, and a $41,140 average annual salary.
Of the 3 audio production schools with a 100-mile radius of Arlington, all of them have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The University of Texas at Dallas comes out as the most expensive ($12,297/yr) for audio production students, with Texas Woman's University as the lowest, reported at only $9,272/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Arlington |
| Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 6.4 miles |
| Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 8.3 miles |
| Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 11.4 miles |
| North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 12.9 miles |
| Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 12.9 miles |
| Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 15.0 miles |
| Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.0 miles |
| Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.6 miles |
| Dallas | TX | 1,304,930 | 38 | 20.246 | 638 | 22.1 miles |
| Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.6 miles |
| Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 24.7 miles |
| Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 25.7 miles |
| Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 31.3 miles |
| Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 32.8 miles |
| Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 33.3 miles |
| University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 33.4 miles |
| Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 36.0 miles |
| Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.3 miles |
| Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 37.0 miles |
| Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 39.5 miles |
| Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 56.4 miles |