Program Payoff

Film/Video and Photographic Arts programs in Texas

13 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Texas

Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Texas earn a median of $77,560 a year across 6,730 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Texas
Producers and Directors$71,7106,610
Photographers$41,2804,330
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary$77,0502,880
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$63,1101,100
Film and Video Editors$61,2201,040

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
MediaTech Institute-Dallas Dallas Undergraduate certificate not published
Amarillo College Amarillo Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Amarillo College Amarillo Associate's degree not published 1
Houston City College Houston Undergraduate certificate not published 14
Houston City College Houston Associate's degree not published 16
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts Dallas Associate's degree not published 15
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Undergraduate certificate not published 28
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 27
San Antonio College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 1
St Philip's College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville Undergraduate certificate not published
Texas Tech University Lubbock Undergraduate certificate not published 5
The University of Texas at Austin Austin Undergraduate certificate not published 1

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.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.