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 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 63 | 1% | $27,476 |
| 11 | SOWELA Technical Community College | 63 | 3% | $5,385 |
| 12 | CUNY Kingsborough Community College | 58 | 2% | $6,768 |
| 13 | Trident Technical College | 57 | 2% | $6,551 |
| 14 | Alamance Community College | 57 | 5% | $6,322 |
| 15 | Fayetteville Technical Community College | 56 | 1% | $3,964 |
| 16 | Central Community College | 55 | 3% | $13,200 |
| 17 | Collin County Community College District | 53 | 2% | $3,004 |
| 18 | Truckee Meadows Community College | 53 | 2% | $4,229 |
| 19 | Advertising Art Educational Services DBA School of Advertising Art | 52 | 100% | $30,043 |
| 20 | Isothermal Community College | 49 | 5% | $4,192 |
| 21 | Columbus College of Art and Design | 49 | 21% | $49,834 |
| 22 | San Jacinto Community College | 48 | 1% | $3,114 |
| 23 | Central Piedmont Community College | 46 | 1% | $4,429 |
| 24 | Cuyahoga Community College District | 46 | 1% | $5,136 |
| 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 | Boise State University | 30 | 1% | $23,076 |
| 37 | El Paso Community College | 30 | 1% | $4,089 |
| 38 | Mercer County Community College | 28 | 3% | $5,626 |
| 39 | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 28 | 48% | $38,782 |
| 40 | Seattle University | 27 | 1% | $61,608 |
| 41 | Passaic County Community College | 27 | 2% | $6,670 |
| 42 | Guilford Technical Community College | 26 | 1% | $3,709 |
| 43 | Bergen Community College | 26 | 1% | $5,900 |
| 44 | Metropolitan Community College Area | 25 | 1% | $4,455 |
| 45 | Mohawk Valley Community College | 25 | 2% | $19,477 |
| 46 | Seattle Central College | 25 | 2% | $4,494 |
| 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 | School of Visual Arts | 22 | 2% | $66,768 |
| 52 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 22 | 1% | $24,614 |
| 53 | Columbia College Chicago | 22 | 1% | $45,644 |
| 54 | Onondaga Community College | 22 | 2% | $17,310 |
| 55 | University of North Georgia | 22 | 1% | $20,492 |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 21 | 0% | $30,552 |
| 57 | Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | 21 | 1% | $4,426 |
| 58 | University of Central Missouri | 20 | 1% | $19,953 |
| 59 | Bucks County Community College | 20 | 2% | $6,213 |
| 60 | Middlesex Community College | 20 | 2% | $7,310 |
| 61 | California University of Pennsylvania | 19 | 1% | $26,644 |
| 62 | Southwest Tennessee Community College | 19 | 2% | $5,755 |
| 63 | Greenville Technical College | 18 | 1% | $5,780 |
| 64 | University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College | 18 | 2% | $7,210 |
| 65 | Nazareth College | 17 | 2% | $50,235 |
| 66 | Concord University | 17 | 4% | $21,243 |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 17 | 0% | $70,636 |
| 68 | Spokane Falls Community College | 17 | 1% | $4,681 |
| 69 | Keene State College | 17 | 2% | $27,988 |
| 70 | Oklahoma Christian University | 16 | 2% | $36,605 |
| 71 | Miami University-Oxford | 16 | 0% | $33,229 |
| 72 | Delaware County Community College | 16 | 1% | $7,270 |
| 73 | National Park College | 16 | 2% | $5,250 |
| 74 | College for Creative Studies | 16 | 6% | $59,610 |
| 75 | Nassau Community College | 16 | 0% | $7,680 |
| 76 | Alexandria Technical & Community College | 16 | 2% | $6,616 |
| 77 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 16 | 0% | $57,401 |
| 78 | The College of Saint Rose | 16 | 1% | $48,588 |
| 79 | Moore Norman Technology Center | 16 | 3% | N/A |
| 80 | Drake University | 15 | 1% | $56,724 |
| 81 | Art Center College of Design | 15 | 3% | $47,416 |
| 82 | Dominican University | 15 | 1% | $46,175 |
| 83 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 15 | 1% | $33,152 |
| 84 | Delaware Technical Community College-Terry | 15 | 1% | $6,504 |
| 85 | Springfield Technical Community College | 14 | 1% | $6,288 |
| 86 | Nash Community College | 14 | 2% | $4,032 |
| 87 | Lawson State Community College | 14 | 2% | $14,800 |
| 88 | Argosy University-The Art Institute of California-San Diego | 13 | 5% | $20,565 |
| 89 | Henry Ford College | 13 | 1% | $4,636 |
| 90 | Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City | 13 | 0% | $4,720 |
| 91 | Surry Community College | 13 | 2% | $4,240 |
| 92 | Woodbury University | 13 | 3% | $56,497 |
| 93 | Mid-Plains Community College | 13 | 3% | $13,040 |
| 94 | Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan | 13 | 6% | $2,105 |
| 95 | Arkansas State University-Main Campus | 12 | 0% | $23,101 |
| 96 | Western Nevada College | 12 | 1% | $4,558 |
| 97 | East Central College | 12 | 2% | $4,092 |
| 98 | Upper Iowa University | 12 | 1% | $43,750 |
| 99 | Hussian College School of Art | 12 | 50% | $22,890 |
| 100 | Coastal Alabama Community College | 12 | 2% | $16,436 |
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.