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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 highest percentage of Commercial and Advertising Art among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 The Creative Center
Omaha, NE
 14
(100.0%)
 $18,900 
 Villa Maria College Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
 5
(100.0%)
Open Admissions$11,840 
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
 24
(66.7%)
Open Admissions$15,205 
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College of Visual Arts
Saint Paul, MN
 18
(66.7%)
 $21,684 
 Paier College of Art Inc
Hamden, CT
 22
(59.5%)
Open Admissions$12,360 
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
 82
(50.3%)
Moderately Selective$27,200 
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
 287
(45.6%)
Moderately Selective$23,520 
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The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
 148
(27.6%)
Highly Selective$18,834 
O'More College of Design
Franklin, TN
 9
(25.0%)
 $14,849 
The Art Institute of Houston
Houston, TX
 26
(24.8%)
 $20,900 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.