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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 8 Pennsylvania Colleges with the highest percentage of Commercial and Advertising Art among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
 27
(71.1%)
 $16,655 
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
 116
(27.0%)
Highly Selective$20,430 
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
 73
(4.4%)
Moderately Selective$15,256 
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Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA
 8
(3.0%)
Moderately Selective$26,002 
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
 12
(2.7%)
Moderately Selective$29,700 
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, PA
 13
(2.4%)
Open Admissions$14,820 
York College Pennsylvania
York, PA
 18
(1.8%)
Moderately Selective$13,000 
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California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
 13
(1.0%)
Moderately Selective$10,622 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.