Best Artist programs in Texas, ranked by enrollment
All artists and related workers not listed.
61 schools in Texas run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,413 people a year. The job pays a median of $64,060 in Texas across about 260 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Texas that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
6 programs in Texas that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Texas (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Texas page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 50.0702In Texas → | 884 | 36.6% | 38 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 2 | CIP 50.0102In Texas → | 599 | 24.8% | 7 | $24,752 | $25,963 |
| 3 | CIP 50.0409In Texas → | 355 | 14.7% | 23 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 4 | CIP 50.0402In Texas → | 325 | 13.5% | 8 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 5 | CIP 50.0101In Texas → | 228 | 9.4% | 6 | $24,752 | $25,963 |
| 6 | CIP 50.0410In Texas → | 22 | 0.9% | 1 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
Top 25 schools in Texas
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 20 of the 61 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 441 | Digital Arts | $28,494 | 76% | — | 65% |
| 2 | University of North Texas Denton, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 152 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $27,067 | 61% | — | 72% |
| 3 | San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 141 | Visual and Performing Arts, General | $21,173 | 30% | — | — |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 128 | Digital Arts | $29,707 | 89% | — | 27% |
| 5 | Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 125 | Commercial and Advertising Art | $33,456 | 20% | — | — |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 121 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $21,891 | 51% | — | 94% |
| 7 | Austin Community College District Austin, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 110 | Digital Arts | $29,669 | 20% | — | — |
| 8 | The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 71 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $25,156 | 54% | — | 80% |
| 9 | Texas State University San Marcos, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 70 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $28,445 | 55% | — | 89% |
| 10 | South Texas College McAllen, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 65 | Graphic Design | — | 27% | — | — |
| 11 | University of Houston - Clear Lake Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 53 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $25,274 | 52% | — | 91% |
| 12 | El Paso Community College El Paso, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 49 | Commercial and Advertising Art | — | 24% | — | — |
| 13 | South Plains College Levelland, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 49 | Commercial and Advertising Art | — | 29% | — | — |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 49 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $23,551 | 53% | — | 87% |
| 15 | Blinn College District Brenham, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 43 | Commercial and Advertising Art | — | 11% | — | — |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 42 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $30,999 | 55% | — | 90% |
| 17 | Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 42 | Graphic Design | — | 27% | — | — |
| 18 | East Texas A&M University Commerce, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 40 | Graphic Design | — | 43% | — | 92% |
| 19 | University of Houston - Downtown Houston, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 34 | Visual and Performing Arts, General | $19,527 | 33% | — | 90% |
| 20 | Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 30 | Digital Arts | — | 48% | — | 90% |
| 21 | The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 30 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $19,506 | 50% | — | 100% |
| 22 | Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, TX Public · 1 feeder programs | 29 | Graphic Design | — | 31% | — | — |
| 23 | West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 28 | Graphic Design | — | 55% | — | 99% |
| 24 | Houston Christian University Houston, TX Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 25 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | — | 49% | $21,247 | 84% |
| 25 | Lamar University Beaumont, TX Public · 2 feeder programs | 25 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | — | 37% | — | 86% |
All 61 schools in Texas
Every school in Texas with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson | Public | 441 | 2 |
| University of North Texas | Denton | Public | 152 | 1 |
| San Jacinto Community College | Pasadena | Public | 141 | 2 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Public | 128 | 2 |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Public | 125 | 2 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | Public | 121 | 2 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Public | 110 | 1 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Public | 71 | 1 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos | Public | 70 | 1 |
| South Texas College | McAllen | Public | 65 | 2 |
| University of Houston - Clear Lake | Houston | Public | 53 | 1 |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Public | 49 | 1 |
| South Plains College | Levelland | Public | 49 | 1 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio | Public | 49 | 1 |
| Blinn College District | Brenham | Public | 43 | 1 |
What artists and related workers, all other earn in Texas
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $71,240. Texas pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Texas
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Artists and Related Workers, All Other page.
How to become a Artist
- Typical entry education
- No formal educational credential
- On-the-job training
- Long-term on-the-job training
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Texas
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 9 majors mapped to Artists and Related Workers, All Other9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 50.0101Visual and Performing Arts, General
- 50.0102Digital Arts
- 50.0201Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
- 50.0402Commercial and Advertising Art
- 50.0409Graphic Design
- 50.0410Illustration
- 50.0702Fine/Studio Arts, General
- 50.0799Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
- 50.1101Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art
Common questions
Answers for people weighing artists and related workers, all other programs in Texas.
What degree do you need to become an Artist?+
No formal educational credential is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Fine/Studio Arts, General, which awarded 884 degrees in Texas in 2024-25, 36.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Artist?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 6 programs to this occupation. The largest are Fine and Studio Arts, Visual and Performing Arts, Design and Applied Arts. Together they graduate about 2,413 people a year in Texas.
How much do artists and related workers, all other earn in Texas?+
The median is $64,060 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 10.1% below the U.S. median of $71,240. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for artists and related workers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +0.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 1,200 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Texas?+
61 institutions in Texas reported graduates from at least one of the 6 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Long-term on-the-job training' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
Explore every U.S. college in one conversation
Clema turns plain-language questions into sourced answers across every U.S. institution — earnings, aid, acceptance, graduation, safety, and athletics from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and 10+ federal datasets, built in.
Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card