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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 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
 Villa Maria College Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
 6
(100.0%)
Open Admissions$13,990 
 The Creative Center
Omaha, NE
 21
(100.0%)
 $19,800 
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
 27
(71.1%)
 $16,655 
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 Paier College of Art Inc
Hamden, CT
 22
(57.9%)
Open Admissions$12,360 
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
 66
(44.6%)
 $28,400 
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
 116
(27.0%)
Highly Selective$20,430 
The Art Institute of Houston
Houston, TX
 54
(26.7%)
Moderately Selective$22,600 
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 The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Inc
Fort Lauderdale, FL
 66
(18.6%)
Moderately Selective$20,620 
Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus, OH
 48
(18.1%)
Less Selective$23,280 
 Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
 46
(12.7%)
Moderately Selective$27,450 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.