Design Schools In Texas

Texas has 75 accredited design schools where design faculty who teach design classes can find employment. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of design and design training in Texas, which includes design training at the following levels:

Design Certificate
Associates degree in Design
Bachelors degree in Design
Masters degree in Design
PhD degree in Design

Cities

Statistics

Professional Trends

Texas Vs. National Design Employment

Texas	22,210
National	370,320

Approximately 6% of the country's design professionals work in Texas state.

Employment Growth for Design professionals In Texas

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
22,310	23,530	23,510	21,970	22,210

Yellow: Actual Values

In Texas, the field of design is shrinking. 100 less design professionals were working in Texas in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Texas, this field has shrunk by 0% in four years. This decline is slower than the national trend for design professionals which shows a 8% decrease in the number of design professionals working around the nation.

Design VS. All Professions salaries in Texas

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$47,640	$40,830	$48,704	$49,540	$50,818
$42,701	$44,703	$45,514	$47,910	$49,136

Light Blue: Design
Dark Yellow: All Professions

The amount earned by design professionals is increasing in Texas. Design professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $47,640 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $50,818 in 2010.

Salary percentiles for Design professionals in Texas

10th percentile	$26,030
25th percentile	$33,836
50th percentile	$46,185
75th percentile	$61,012
90th percentile	$85,301

Thus, there was a 6% growth in design professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Texas, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of design. The pay differential between the highest paid design professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 228%

Average Salaries for Design professionals and related professions in Texas

Computer Animation	$57,740
Design	$50,818
Drafting	$52,390
Fashion Design	$62,640
Game Design	$73,582
Graphic Design	$44,590
Industrial Design	$64,970
Interior Design	$51,470
Visual Communications	$43,798
Web Design	$44,590

In Texas, design professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.

Educational Trends

Design programs available for each degree type for all schools in Texas

associate	80
bachelor	52
master	7
doctor	1
Certificate	56
Total	196

As the number of design professionals is decreasing in Texas state, the number of students graduating from the 75 accredited design schools in Texas state is decreasing. In Texas, there were 2,115 graduates in 2006. And there were 1,990 graduates from design courses in 2010.

Thus there was a 6% percent decrease in the number of design school degree or certificate graduates in Texas. A majority of these graduates, or 41%, graduated with a associate's degree in design.

Design Faculty Salaries in Texas

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