Lisle, IL has twenty-four computer animation schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in this group with a computer animation program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).
Computer Animation students from Lisle schools who go on to become computer animators, animators, animation designers, animation artists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 28,800 people working as multimedia artists and animators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,810.
Lisle lies in DuPage county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary.
Of the 24 computer animation schools with a 100-mile radius of Lisle, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($28,726/yr) for computer animation students, with Joliet Junior College as the lowest, reported at only $4,130/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Lisle |
Downers Grove | IL | 49,475 | 1 | 0.403237 | 10 | 2.8 miles |
Woodridge | IL | - | 1 | 16.3637 | 24 | 3.9 miles |
Naperville | IL | 146,177 | 1 | 64.8467 | 83 | 4.8 miles |
Glen Ellyn | IL | - | 1 | 13.8242 | 100 | 5.3 miles |
Lombard | IL | 43,240 | 3 | 11.1886 | 2 | 5.8 miles |
Bolingbrook | IL | 72,318 | 0 | - | 0 | 7.0 miles |
Villa Park | IL | - | 2 | 31.4324 | 7 | 7.6 miles |
Glendale Heights | IL | - | 1 | 27.7281 | 3 | 8.2 miles |
Carol Stream | IL | 40,639 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.7 miles |
Addison | IL | - | 1 | 11.9746 | 2 | 10.1 miles |
Romeoville | IL | - | 1 | 29.2285 | 116 | 10.7 miles |
Hanover Park | IL | - | 1 | 22.3828 | 2 | 14.2 miles |
Berwyn | IL | 49,477 | 1 | 23.6937 | 4 | 14.9 miles |
River Forest | IL | - | 2 | 45.0836 | 173 | 15.0 miles |
River Grove | IL | - | 1 | 11.7006 | 67 | 15.0 miles |
Schaumburg | IL | 71,386 | 3 | 11.8364 | 30 | 15.8 miles |
Oak Park | IL | 49,270 | 1 | 1.32863 | 0 | 15.9 miles |
Palos Heights | IL | - | 1 | 26.9291 | 61 | 17.1 miles |
Orland Park | IL | 55,957 | 1 | 26.0399 | 11 | 17.6 miles |
Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 18.2 miles |
Hoffman Estates | IL | 54,568 | 1 | 19.0736 | 10 | 18.2 miles |
Joliet | IL | 153,577 | 4 | 31.5356 | 154 | 18.9 miles |
Sugar Grove | IL | - | 1 | 14.036 | 67 | 19.2 miles |
Mount Prospect | IL | 52,994 | 2 | 36.9644 | 21 | 19.9 miles |
Elgin | IL | 111,179 | 3 | 24.5629 | 139 | 19.9 miles |
Chicago | IL | 2,878,948 | 79 | 18.4208 | 1,944 | 20.5 miles |
Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 20.6 miles |
Tinley Park | IL | 60,149 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.4 miles |
Palatine | IL | 67,435 | 1 | 12.7765 | 87 | 21.4 miles |
Oak Forest | IL | - | 1 | 38.4537 | 3 | 21.9 miles |