Arlington, TX (population: 385,024) has one child care school within its city limits. The University of Texas at Arlington has a total student population of 28,085. It is the 2382nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 105th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Child Care students from Arlington schools who go on to become child care professionals, child care workers, nannies, day care specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 595,650 people working as child care workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $20,940. Also, Child, family, and school social workers make on average $43,540 per year and there are about 277,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan area alone, there are 1,430 employed child, family, and school social workers earning an average salary of $33,620. Child care workers in this area earn $19,170/yr and there are 3,490 employed.
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. Thus, about 4.077 out of every 1000 jobs in Arlington are held by child care workers, and 1.668/1000 are held by child, family, and school social workers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The University of Texas at Arlington ends up costing a student $12,392/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 |