Arizona contains four schools that offer fine arts programs. Northern Arizona University, the highest-ranking fine arts school in AZ, has a total student population of 23,597 and is the 225th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 4 fine arts schools in Arizona, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Center Design College-Tucson comes out as the most expensive ($35,307/yr), with Chandler/Gilbert Community College as the lowest recorded at only $8,352/yr.
Fine Arts students from Arizona schools who go on to become artists, animation artists, fine artists, sculptors, 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. In fact, in the Arizona alone, there are 80 employed craft artists earning an average yearly salary of $29,520. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this state earn $44,880/yr and there are 170 employed.
Also, within the fine arts schools in Arizona, the average student population is 7,131 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Aside from fine arts, there are 3266 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,667 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,108, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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