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
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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
| 22,310 | 23,530 | 23,510 | 21,970 | 22,210 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- 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
| $47,640 | $40,830 | $48,704 | $49,540 | $50,818 |
| $42,701 | $44,703 | $45,514 | $47,910 | $49,136 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- 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.