Oklahoma City, OK (population: 564,147) has six industrial design schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, the highest ranked school in this group with an industrial design program, has a total student population of 25,881. It is the 919th highest ranked school in the USA and the 7th highest in the state of Oklahoma (#1 is Oklahoma City University). To learn more about industrial design programs in Oklahoma City, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of industrial design professors at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus such as Karen Hayes-Thumann, James Kudrna, and Cheryl Myers.
Industrial Design students from Oklahoma City schools who go on to become industrial designers, commercial designers, architecture designers, designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 65,460 people working as industrial engineering technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $49,030. Also, Graphic designers make on average $47,820 per year and there are about 200,870 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oklahoma City area alone, there are 630 employed graphic designers earning an average salary of $33,200. Industrial engineering technicians in this area earn $58,980/yr and there are 320 employed.
Oklahoma City lies in Oklahoma county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Oklahoma City area has 564,710 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $18.31/hr average worker wage, and a $38,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.568 out of every 1000 jobs in Oklahoma City are held by industrial engineering technicians, and 1.124/1000 are held by graphic designers.
Of the 6 industrial design schools with a 100-mile radius of Oklahoma City, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Mid-Del Technology Center comes out as the most expensive ($17,936/yr) for industrial design students, with Moore Norman Technology Center as the lowest, reported at only $3,192/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Oklahoma City |
| Midwest City | OK | 57,117 | 2 | 17.3383 | 110 | 7.9 miles |
| Choctaw | OK | - | 1 | 23.6866 | 52 | 13.7 miles |
| Edmond | OK | 83,110 | 2 | 44.4236 | 227 | 14.9 miles |
| Norman | OK | 109,682 | 3 | 32.5918 | 201 | 19.2 miles |
| El Reno | OK | - | 2 | 15.8225 | 75 | 25.4 miles |
| Seminole | OK | - | 1 | 13.2494 | 38 | 50.3 miles |
| Stillwater | OK | 49,103 | 3 | 29.7057 | 219 | 51.9 miles |
| Ada | OK | - | 3 | 41.9631 | 159 | 67.3 miles |
| Weatherford | OK | - | 2 | 18.0217 | 135 | 67.6 miles |
| Enid | OK | 48,152 | 2 | 30.1217 | 45 | 68.1 miles |
| Lawton | OK | 87,265 | 4 | 24.3174 | 114 | 79.2 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 88.8 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 92.0 miles |