Dallas, TX (population: 1,304,930) has nine liberal arts and humanities schools within its city limits. Dallas Christian College, the highest ranked school in the city with a liberal arts and humanities program, has a total student population of 329. It is the 632nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 33rd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Dallas schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Dallas lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary.
Of the 9 liberal arts and humanities schools in Dallas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Dallas comes out as the most expensive ($36,482/yr) for liberal arts and humanities students, with El Centro College as the lowest, reported at only $5,469/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Dallas |
| Mesquite | TX | 134,509 | 2 | 15.1606 | 53 | 10.0 miles |
| Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 11.6 miles |
| Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 12.6 miles |
| Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.2 miles |
| Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 15.8 miles |
| Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 16.1 miles |
| University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 17.4 miles |
| Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 18.0 miles |
| Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
| Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.2 miles |
| Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 22.1 miles |
| Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.9 miles |
| Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.3 miles |
| Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.9 miles |
| Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 25.4 miles |
| North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 26.6 miles |
| Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.4 miles |
| Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 32.4 miles |
| Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 33.3 miles |
| Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 35.8 miles |
| Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 51.2 miles |
| Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 86.4 miles |
| Tyler | TX | 101,017 | 4 | 24.7884 | 222 | 91.4 miles |
| Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 92.6 miles |
| Ardmore | OK | - | 1 | 18.2326 | 23 | 98.1 miles |