Design and Applied Arts programs in Texas
48 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 6 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $35,600 at Collin County Community College District.
What this work pays in Texas
Graphic Designers in Texas earn a median of $60,150 a year across 13,670 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | $77,560 | 6,730 |
| Interior Designers | $65,160 | 6,450 |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | $102,650 | 5,910 |
| Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | $64,110 | 4,600 |
| Photographers | $41,280 | 4,330 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | $35,600 (14 grads) | 87 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | $28,598 (19 grads) | 20 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Associate's degree | $19,939 | $26,353 (41 grads) | 72 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (12 grads) | 9 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | $12,960 | $21,356 (46 grads) | 26 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | — | $13,702 (25 grads) | 27 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 71 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 93 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 121 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 48 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 31 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 38 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| Odessa College Odessa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus North Richland Hills | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 41 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| South Plains College Levelland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 32 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 40 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Wade College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Design and Applied Arts — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.