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Fine Arts Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has three fine arts schools within its city limits. Drexel University, the highest ranked school in the city with a fine arts program, has a total student population of 22,493. It is the 108th highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania). To learn more about fine arts programs in Philadelphia, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of fine arts professors at Drexel University such as Renee Chase, Jessica Griffin, Lydia Hunn, Jacob Lunderby, Keith Newhouse, and Mircea Popescu.

Fine Arts students from Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 150 employed craft artists earning an average salary of $29,700. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this area earn $48,270/yr and there are 160 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.089 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, and 0.081/1000 are held by craft artists.

Of the 3 fine arts schools in Philadelphia, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr) for fine arts students, with Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as the lowest, reported at only $25,414/yr.

Fine Arts Programs in Philadelphia

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  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

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