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.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Technical Community College | 276 | 3% | $4,268 |
| 2 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 230 | 6% | $24,220 |
| 3 | Sinclair Community College | 154 | 3% | $3,830 |
| 4 | Macomb Community College | 94 | 3% | $5,015 |
| 5 | Des Moines Area Community College | 86 | 2% | $14,992 |
| 6 | CUNY New York City College of Technology | 74 | 3% | $8,484 |
| 7 | Kent State University at Kent | 72 | 1% | $25,886 |
| 8 | Pitt Community College | 65 | 2% | $3,530 |
| 9 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 64 | 4% | $27,890 |
| 10 | SOWELA Technical Community College | 63 | 3% | $5,385 |
| 11 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 63 | 1% | $27,476 |
| 12 | CUNY Kingsborough Community College | 58 | 2% | $6,768 |
| 13 | Alamance Community College | 57 | 5% | $6,322 |
| 14 | Trident Technical College | 57 | 2% | $6,551 |
| 15 | Fayetteville Technical Community College | 56 | 1% | $3,964 |
| 16 | Central Community College | 55 | 3% | $13,200 |
| 17 | Truckee Meadows Community College | 53 | 2% | $4,229 |
| 18 | Collin County Community College District | 53 | 2% | $3,004 |
| 19 | Advertising Art Educational Services DBA School of Advertising Art | 52 | 100% | $30,043 |
| 20 | Columbus College of Art and Design | 49 | 21% | $49,834 |
| 21 | Isothermal Community College | 49 | 5% | $4,192 |
| 22 | San Jacinto Community College | 48 | 1% | $3,114 |
| 23 | Cuyahoga Community College District | 46 | 1% | $5,136 |
| 24 | Central Piedmont Community College | 46 | 1% | $4,429 |
| 25 | The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division | 44 | 6% | $15,540 |
| 26 | Los Angeles Trade Technical College | 43 | 2% | $3,137 |
| 27 | Montgomery College | 39 | 1% | $6,998 |
| 28 | Tunxis Community College | 38 | 6% | $5,664 |
| 29 | Washtenaw Community College | 35 | 1% | $3,528 |
| 30 | Tulsa Technology Center | 35 | 2% | N/A |
| 31 | South Plains College | 34 | 2% | $11,935 |
| 32 | Wilkes Community College | 32 | 4% | $4,272 |
| 33 | Chattanooga State Community College | 32 | 2% | $5,563 |
| 34 | Oklahoma City Community College | 31 | 2% | $5,659 |
| 35 | Portland Community College | 31 | 1% | $6,029 |
| 36 | El Paso Community College | 30 | 1% | $4,089 |
| 37 | Boise State University | 30 | 1% | $23,076 |
| 38 | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 28 | 48% | $38,782 |
| 39 | Mercer County Community College | 28 | 3% | $5,626 |
| 40 | Passaic County Community College | 27 | 2% | $6,670 |
| 41 | Seattle University | 27 | 1% | $61,608 |
| 42 | Bergen Community College | 26 | 1% | $5,900 |
| 43 | Guilford Technical Community College | 26 | 1% | $3,709 |
| 44 | Seattle Central College | 25 | 2% | $4,494 |
| 45 | Mohawk Valley Community College | 25 | 2% | $19,477 |
| 46 | Metropolitan Community College Area | 25 | 1% | $4,455 |
| 47 | Bismarck State College | 24 | 2% | $14,676 |
| 48 | New Mexico State University-Dona Ana | 24 | 2% | $3,020 |
| 49 | Robert Morris University Illinois | 23 | 2% | $48,690 |
| 50 | The Sage Colleges | 23 | 3% | $46,600 |
| 51 | University of North Georgia | 22 | 1% | $20,492 |
| 52 | School of Visual Arts | 22 | 2% | $66,768 |
| 53 | Columbia College Chicago | 22 | 1% | $45,644 |
| 54 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 22 | 1% | $24,614 |
| 55 | Onondaga Community College | 22 | 2% | $17,310 |
| 56 | Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | 21 | 1% | $4,426 |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 21 | 0% | $30,552 |
| 58 | University of Central Missouri | 20 | 1% | $19,953 |
| 59 | Middlesex Community College | 20 | 2% | $7,310 |
| 60 | Bucks County Community College | 20 | 2% | $6,213 |
| 61 | California University of Pennsylvania | 19 | 1% | $26,644 |
| 62 | Southwest Tennessee Community College | 19 | 2% | $5,755 |
| 63 | University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College | 18 | 2% | $7,210 |
| 64 | Greenville Technical College | 18 | 1% | $5,780 |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 17 | 0% | $70,636 |
| 66 | Concord University | 17 | 4% | $21,243 |
| 67 | Spokane Falls Community College | 17 | 1% | $4,681 |
| 68 | Keene State College | 17 | 2% | $27,988 |
| 69 | Nazareth College | 17 | 2% | $50,235 |
| 70 | Alexandria Technical & Community College | 16 | 2% | $6,616 |
| 71 | National Park College | 16 | 2% | $5,250 |
| 72 | Moore Norman Technology Center | 16 | 3% | N/A |
| 73 | Miami University-Oxford | 16 | 0% | $33,229 |
| 74 | The College of Saint Rose | 16 | 1% | $48,588 |
| 75 | Delaware County Community College | 16 | 1% | $7,270 |
| 76 | College for Creative Studies | 16 | 6% | $59,610 |
| 77 | Nassau Community College | 16 | 0% | $7,680 |
| 78 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 16 | 0% | $57,401 |
| 79 | Oklahoma Christian University | 16 | 2% | $36,605 |
| 80 | Art Center College of Design | 15 | 3% | $47,416 |
| 81 | Delaware Technical Community College-Terry | 15 | 1% | $6,504 |
| 82 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 15 | 1% | $33,152 |
| 83 | Drake University | 15 | 1% | $56,724 |
| 84 | Dominican University | 15 | 1% | $46,175 |
| 85 | Nash Community College | 14 | 2% | $4,032 |
| 86 | Lawson State Community College | 14 | 2% | $14,800 |
| 87 | Springfield Technical Community College | 14 | 1% | $6,288 |
| 88 | Henry Ford College | 13 | 1% | $4,636 |
| 89 | Mid-Plains Community College | 13 | 3% | $13,040 |
| 90 | Woodbury University | 13 | 3% | $56,497 |
| 91 | Argosy University-The Art Institute of California-San Diego | 13 | 5% | $20,565 |
| 92 | Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan | 13 | 6% | $2,105 |
| 93 | Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City | 13 | 0% | $4,720 |
| 94 | Surry Community College | 13 | 2% | $4,240 |
| 95 | Coastal Alabama Community College | 12 | 2% | $16,436 |
| 96 | Community College of Baltimore County | 12 | 0% | $5,706 |
| 97 | Arkansas State University-Main Campus | 12 | 0% | $23,101 |
| 98 | AI Miami International University of Art and Design | 12 | 3% | $19,104 |
| 99 | Hussian College School of Art | 12 | 50% | $22,890 |
| 100 | East Central College | 12 | 2% | $4,092 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Commercial and Advertising Art program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.