Art Schools In New Mexico
In New Mexico, there are 22 accredited schools where art classes faculty can find employment. The trends in New Mexico's art academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in art includes art training at the following levels:
- Art Certificate
- Associates degree in Art
- Bachelors degree in Art
- Masters degree in Art
- PhD degree in Art
Schools
Cities
Statistics
Professional Trends
New Mexico Vs. National Art Employment
| New Mexico | 40 |
| National | 78,930 |
Of all of the art professionals in the country, nearly 0% are in the state of New Mexico.
Employment Growth for Art professionals In New Mexico
| 180 | 400 | 210 | 220 | 40 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of art professionals is shrinking in New Mexico. In New Mexico, 140 less art professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of art professionals has shrunk by 78%. This is faster than the trend for art professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of art professionals has shrunk by 2% between 2006 and 2010.
Art VS. All Professions salaries in New Mexico
| $32,370 | $34,913 | $42,227 | $49,497 | $71,320 |
| $40,511 | $43,009 | $44,801 | $46,220 | $46,794 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Art
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to art professionals are growing in New Mexico. Art professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $32,370 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $71,320 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Art professionals in New Mexico
10th percentile |
$26,610 |
25th percentile |
$39,670 |
50th percentile |
$56,900 |
75th percentile |
$66,110 |
90th percentile |
$76,160 |
Thus, there was a 55% growth in art professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of New Mexico, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of art. The pay differential between the highest paid art professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 186%
Average Salaries for Art professionals and related professions in New Mexico
Animation |
$58,115 |
Art |
$71,320 |
Design |
$41,245 |
Drafting |
$49,243 |
Film |
$47,520 |
Graphic Design |
$44,910 |
Visual Communications |
$45,315 |
Web Design |
$44,910 |
In New Mexico, art professionals earn, on average, more than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Art programs available for each degree type for all schools in New Mexico
associate |
23 |
bachelor |
16 |
master |
3 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
8 |
| Total | 51 |
As the number of art professionals is decreasing in New Mexico state, the number of students graduating from the 22 accredited art schools in New Mexico state is decreasing. In 2006, 232 students graduated from art courses in New Mexico. And in 2010, 217 students graduated.
Thus there was a 6% percent decrease in the number of art school degree or certificate graduates in New Mexico. 45% of these graduates received a associate's degree in art.