Design and Visual Communications General

A program in the applied visual arts that focuses on the general principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information, and packaging products, in digital and other formats to business and consumer audiences, and that may prepare individuals in any of the applied art media.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 250 institutions across the United States, with a total of 17761 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

1,324

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

962

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,827

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

423

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

12,155

awards given

Top Schools for Design and Visual Communications General

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	720
2	Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	669
3	Utah Valley University Orem, UT	664
4	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	663
5	Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH	460
6	Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA	446
7	Austin Community College District Austin, TX	432
8	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	396
9	Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA	347
10	Minneapolis Community and Technical College Minneapolis, MN	343
11	Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI	320
12	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	279
13	Atlanta Technical College Atlanta, GA	271
14	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	264
15	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	225
16	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	225
17	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	213
18	University of North Texas Denton, TX	195
19	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	189
20	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	186
21	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	186
22	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	177
23	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	177
24	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	174
25	College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL	156
26	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	144
27	Portland Community College Portland, OR	143
28	Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	141
29	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA	141
30	Dallas College Dallas, TX	140
31	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	138
32	Kean University Union, NJ	135
33	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	135
34	San Antonio College San Antonio, TX	135
35	Bowie State University Bowie, MD	129
36	Shoreline Community College Shoreline, WA	128
37	Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA	126
38	Augusta Technical College Augusta, GA	124
39	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	123
40	Auburn University Auburn, AL	123
41	Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA	120
42	Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center Choctaw, OK	120
43	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	120
44	FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles, CA	120
45	Georgia Piedmont Technical College Clarkston, GA	118
46	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	114
47	Harford Community College Bel Air, MD	111
48	California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA	108
49	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	108
50	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	99
51	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL	96
52	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	93
53	Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	93
54	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	93
55	Danville Community College Danville, VA	92
56	Texas State Technical College Waco, TX	91
57	SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, NY	90
58	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	87
59	Radford University Radford, VA	87
60	Iowa State University Ames, IA	87
61	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	86
62	Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC	84
63	Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta, GA	84
64	Boise State University Boise, ID	81
65	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	81
66	Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH	80
67	Albany Technical College Albany, GA	78
68	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	78
69	Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conway, SC	75
70	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	75
71	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	75
72	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	75
73	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	75
74	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	69
75	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	69
76	Belmont University Nashville, TN	66
77	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	66
78	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	66
79	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	66
80	Community College of Vermont Montpelier, VT	66
81	Miami Ad School Miami, FL	66
82	Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA	63
83	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	60
84	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	60
85	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	60
86	Stevenson University Owings Mills, MD	57
87	Lanier Technical College Gainesville, GA	57
88	John C Calhoun State Community College Tanner, AL	57
89	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	57
90	Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL	54
91	Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN	54
92	Highline College Des Moines, WA	54
93	Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ	54
94	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	51
95	Northwest College of Art & Design Tacoma, WA	51
96	Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	51
97	Miami Ad School-Atlanta Atlanta, GA	51
98	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	51
99	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	51
100	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI	51