Louisiana Animation Schools

Louisiana is home to a close-knit community of animators. They work at production studios, mainly in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, as well as ad agencies, web design studios, and more. The state is also home to more than 80 colleges and universities and more than 1,500 elementary schools where the expertise of artists and animators is always needed. In addition to this, the job scene for animators is promising thanks to Hollywood studios that frequently film here along with a sizable number of film festivals, associations, and initiatives that promote Louisiana’s animation industry.

The animation scene here isn’t the only attraction for aspiring animators. The opportunity to study and train in some of the state’s most inspirational and historic cities is the icing on the cake. A number of cities in the state have been the backdrop for films such as The Big Easy, Angel Heart, All the King’s Men, The Client, Eve’s Bayou, Interview with a Vampire, JFK, The Pelican Brief, Vendetta, and many more. 

Louisiana Animation Schools

Louisiana has a number of traditional schools and technical schools that offer animation and other multi-media programs. One of the state's best schools—Louisiana State University (LSU), is home to the Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research (AVATAR) Initiative. This multidisciplinary hiring initiative establishes a “university-wide faculty focus on the intersections among art, technology and computation, creating new research areas in virtual environments, digital art, electroacoustic music, animation, video game design, scientific visualization and more.”  

Scroll through the list below to review more LSU offerings along with other Louisiana animation programs and what they have to offer.

Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University - Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Graphic Design, Studio Art with Concentration in Digital Art; M. F. A. Graphic Desig

Hammond
Southeastern Louisiana University - Degrees Offered: B. A. Art with Concentration in New Media and Animation, Graphic Design

Lafayette
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Visual Arts with Concentration in Animation and Computer Arts, Graphic Design or Media Art

Monroe
University of Louisiana at Monroe - Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Art with Concentration in Graphic Design

Natchitoches
Northwestern State University of Louisiana - Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Fine Arts with Concentration in Graphic Communications

New Orleans
University of New Orleans - Degrees Offered: B. A. Studio Art with Concentration in Digital Media; M. F. A. Studio Art

Ruston
Louisiana Tech - Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Art with Concentration in Communication Design; M. F. A. Art with Concentration in Communication Design

Thibodaux
Nicholls University - Degrees Offered: B. A. Art with Concentration in Graphic Design

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Employment and Salary Trends for Louisiana Animators

Louisiana is home to nearly 300 animators and multi-media artists combined, up from 100 in 2006. Around 100 of these artists work exclusively in animation. Salaries for animators vary greatly by city in the state of Louisiana, so what you could potentially average may differ by as much as $10,000 per year depending on location. For example, New Orleans animators and multi-media artists average $68,180 per year, while Shreveport animators and multi-media artists average $53,530 per year.

As of May 2009, the mean annual wage for animators nationwide was $62,810 per year. The lowest paid animators earned $32,360 per year and the highest paid animators earned $99,130 per year.