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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 176 institutions across the United States, with a total of 10707 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

1,102

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,420

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

715

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

7,388

awards given

Top Schools for Commercial and Advertising Art

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY	702
2	Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	471
3	Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	356
4	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	321
5	South Plains College Levelland, TX	305
6	Mitchell Community College Statesville, NC	268
7	Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX	265
8	St Charles Community College Cottleville, MO	252
9	Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC	225
10	San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, TX	208
11	Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC	205
12	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	192
13	Central Community College Grand Island, NE	187
14	Montgomery College Rockville, MD	177
15	Trident Technical College Charleston, SC	162
16	The Modern College of Design Kettering, OH	159
17	Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville, NC	151
18	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	151
19	Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK	147
20	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	141
21	Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI	136
22	Portland Community College Portland, OR	135
23	Connecticut State Community College Hartford, CT	129
24	CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY	126
25	Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny, IA	123
26	Seattle Central College Seattle, WA	114
27	El Paso Community College El Paso, TX	108
28	Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE	108
29	Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	103
30	Alamance Community College Graham, NC	100
31	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	96
32	Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA	91
33	Southwestern Community College Sylva, NC	90
34	College of Southern Maryland La Plata, MD	88
35	Oklahoma Christian University Edmond, OK	87
36	Moore Norman Technology Center Norman, OK	81
37	Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN	81
38	Canadian Valley Technology Center El Reno, OK	78
39	Boise State University Boise, ID	78
40	Miami Ad School Miami, FL	75
41	Seattle University Seattle, WA	75
42	Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, OH	75
43	Randolph Community College Asheboro, NC	71
44	Upper Iowa University Fayette, IA	69
45	Prince George's Community College Largo, MD	69
46	Coastal Alabama Community College Bay Minette, AL	64
47	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	63
48	Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ	60
49	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson Dickson, TN	59
50	Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC	57
51	Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles, CA	57
52	Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis, TN	57
53	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown Morristown, TN	57
54	Tri-County Technical College Pendleton, SC	56
55	Pitt Community College Winterville, NC	56
56	University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OH	54
57	Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA	54
58	Russell Sage College Troy, NY	54
59	Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND	54
60	Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, WA	54
61	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, TN	52
62	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	51
63	Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA	51
64	NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR	51
65	Keene State College Keene, NH	48
66	Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge, LA	48
67	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR	48
68	San Juan College Farmington, NM	48
69	Blinn College District Brenham, TX	46
70	Alexandria Technical & Community College Alexandria, MN	45
71	Bergen Community College Paramus, NJ	42
72	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis Memphis, TN	40
73	Lane Community College Eugene, OR	39
74	University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	39
75	St Clair County Community College Port Huron, MI	39
76	College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI	36
77	Lawson State Community College Birmingham, AL	36
78	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	36
79	Midlands Technical College West Columbia, SC	36
80	North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene, ID	36
81	Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN	33
82	Salem State University Salem, MA	33
83	Nassau Community College Garden City, NY	33
84	Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC	33
85	Isothermal Community College Spindale, NC	33
86	Nash Community College Rocky Mount, NC	33
87	Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	33
88	Piedmont Technical College Greenwood, SC	32
89	Palomar College San Marcos, CA	30
90	Drake University Des Moines, IA	30
91	Delaware County Community College Media, PA	27
92	James Sprunt Community College Kenansville, NC	27
93	Monroe Community College Rochester, NY	27
94	Central Technology Center Drumright, OK	27
95	William T McFatter Technical College Davie, FL	27
96	Arcadia University Glenside, PA	27
97	Woodbury University Burbank, CA	27
98	Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH	27
99	Ball State University Muncie, IN	27
100	Miami Ad School-Atlanta Atlanta, GA	27