New Castle, DE has thirty-two illustration schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in this group with an illustration program, has a total student population of 24,599. It is the 5th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Pennsylvania.
Illustration students from New Castle schools who go on to become illustration artists, animation artists, artists, graphic artists, 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, Artists and related workers make on average $57,470 per year and there are about 8,100 of them employed in the US today.
New Castle lies in New Castle county, which is one of the 3 counties in Delaware. Overall, the Wilmington-MD-NJ Metropolitan area has 328,200 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $49,230 average annual salary.
Of the 32 illustration schools with a 100-mile radius of New Castle, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Washington comes out as the most expensive ($42,518/yr) for illustration students, with County College of Morris as the lowest, reported at only $4,290/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from New Castle |
Media | PA | - | 3 | 15.9195 | 126 | 20.0 miles |
North East | MD | - | 1 | 7.7142 | 47 | 20.4 miles |
Lester | PA | - | 1 | 30.6119 | 9 | 20.9 miles |
Lincoln University | PA | - | 1 | 24.1268 | 75 | 21.7 miles |
Sewell | NJ | - | 1 | 12.0629 | 44 | 23.6 miles |
Immaculata | PA | - | 1 | 58.1716 | 78 | 25.5 miles |
Exton | PA | - | 3 | 20.3095 | 11 | 25.8 miles |
Saint Davids | PA | - | 1 | 63.725 | 73 | 28.0 miles |
Villanova | PA | - | 1 | 40.5194 | 89 | 28.4 miles |
Camden | NJ | 79,551 | 3 | 29.1661 | 117 | 30.9 miles |
Vineland | NJ | 59,417 | 1 | 13.5656 | 33 | 33.3 miles |
Philadelphia | PA | 1,445,993 | 46 | 29.0143 | 1,235 | 33.4 miles |
Cherry Hill | NJ | 67,762 | 4 | 25.0729 | 31 | 34.3 miles |
Dover | DE | - | 5 | 25.7649 | 222 | 34.9 miles |
Mount Laurel | NJ | - | 1 | 24.9456 | 10 | 40.5 miles |
Pottstown | PA | - | 2 | 23.767 | 4 | 40.6 miles |
North Wales | PA | - | 1 | 28.6361 | 21 | 40.9 miles |
Willow Grove | PA | - | 3 | 11.6322 | 2 | 41.0 miles |
Bensalem | PA | - | 1 | 22.0218 | 10 | 45.2 miles |
Mays Landing | NJ | - | 1 | 11.4678 | 27 | 47.0 miles |
Reading | PA | 80,046 | 7 | 29.6919 | 274 | 50.7 miles |
Dundalk | MD | 66,755 | 0 | - | 0 | 56.8 miles |
Ewing | NJ | - | 1 | 79.0387 | 77 | 58.3 miles |
Towson | MD | 55,491 | 3 | 39.9767 | 128 | 59.1 miles |
Center Valley | PA | - | 2 | 15.5079 | 66 | 60.7 miles |
West Atlantic City | NJ | - | 1 | 28.4243 | 9 | 60.7 miles |
Hamilton | NJ | 90,700 | 4 | 37.771 | 92 | 60.8 miles |
Baltimore | MD | 632,410 | 22 | 31.3695 | 925 | 61.1 miles |
Fogelsville | PA | - | 1 | 23.1549 | 18 | 63.8 miles |
Allentown | PA | 107,685 | 6 | 40.2718 | 194 | 65.0 miles |