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

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
The Art Institute of Houston
Houston, TX
 54
(26.7%)
Moderately Selective$22,600 
Schreiner University
Kerrville, TX
 7
(5.1%)
Moderately Selective$17,992 
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
 50
(1.0%)
Moderately Selective$13,168 
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Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
 21
(0.8%)
Moderately Selective$14,340 
Texas A & M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX
 5
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$13,380 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.