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Major Overview for Printmaking

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Overview for Printmaking

A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions by rendering art concepts onto surfaces and transferring images, via ink or dyes, onto paper or fabric. Includes instruction in monochrome and color printing; tonality; chemistry; equipment set-up and maintenance; techniques such as serigraphy, lithography, intaglio, woodcut, block, stencil, relief, etching, and composite; and personal style development.

Careers for Printmaking Majors

A major in Printmaking is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Printmaking

Top 28 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Printmaking among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
21
(4.7%)
Highly Selective$45,453
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
19
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$20,320
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
14
(11.5%)
Moderately Selective$36,554
Washington University In St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
13
(0.8%)
Most Selective$47,936
California College of the Arts
Oakland, CA
13
(5.5%)
Open Admissions$40,310
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
10
(3.2%)
Highly Selective$40,470
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
9
(0.9%)
Moderately Selective$38,274
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
7
(1.8%)
Highly Selective$38,781
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design
Milwaukee, WI
7
(5.8%)
$33,766
Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, MA
7
(2.5%)
Moderately Selective$20,590
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.