Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has one multimedia design school within its city limits. Visible School-Music and Worships Arts College has a total student population of 98. It is the 345th highest ranked school in the USA and the 6th highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University).
Multimedia Design students from Memphis schools who go on to become multimedia designers, interactive media designers, media designers, digital media designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 28,800 people working as multimedia artists and animators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,810. 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 Memphis-MS-AR area alone, there are 650 employed graphic designers earning an average salary of $45,850. Multimedia artists and animators in this area earn $56,480/yr and there are ** employed.
Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary. Thus, about ** out of every 1000 jobs in Memphis are held by multimedia artists and animators, and 1.075/1000 are held by graphic designers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Visible School-Music and Worships Arts College ends up costing a student $24,518/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Memphis |
| Southaven | MS | 47,625 | 1 | 27.9087 | 11 | 9.7 miles |
| Bartlett | TN | 47,744 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.3 miles |
| Senatobia | MS | - | 1 | 17.4796 | 114 | 34.1 miles |
| Jonesboro | AR | 66,734 | 1 | 24.4204 | 8 | 62.3 miles |
| State University | AR | - | 1 | 57.8251 | 135 | 63.1 miles |