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Major Overview for Commercial and Advertising Art

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Overview for Commercial and Advertising Art

A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes instruction in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.

Careers for Commercial and Advertising Art Majors

A major in Commercial and Advertising Art is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Commercial and Advertising Art

Top 50 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Commercial and Advertising Art among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
287
(45.6%)
Moderately Selective$39,970
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
183
(6.5%)
Moderately Selective$43,856
Art Institute Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
148
(27.6%)
Highly Selective$29,761
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
89
(5.6%)
Moderately Selective$14,933
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
82
(50.3%)
Moderately Selective$36,610
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
80
(3.5%)
Moderately Selective$36,435
Art Institute of California - Los Angeles
Santa Monica, CA
68
(24.3%)
Moderately Selective$38,014
Kent State University - Kent Campus
Kent, OH
65
(1.7%)
Minimally Selective$16,770
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL
62
(17.7%)
Highly Selective$28,393
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
54
(1.1%)
Moderately Selective$13,122
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.