Arts & Design Overview

Today, the Arts or Design industry touches all parts of our lives. Every item or service on earth that has been created by man and marketed for sale has probably had an artisan, artist, designer, or creative mind involved at one or more points along the way. Our favorite forms of entertainment such as movies, video games, music, and sports are also touched by this amazing and far-reaching industry.

What do you have to do to become a art & design professional in your state?

Online colleges offering Arts & Design programs

Careers in the Arts:

Careers in the Arts can include the traditional fields for artists as sign painters, sculptors, movie industry scale-model makers or backdrop professionals, and the other professions that we normally associate with things that artists do. Or, artists today can pursue exciting careers in online or offline formats that incorporate computerized programs and other forms of technology. Artists participate in animations, illustrations, product packaging, advertising agencies, computer aided art restorations, and so many more things today.

Careers in Design:

Design careers are often coupled with a talent in an art or craftsmen area somewhere so that these unique individuals can help to bring ideas to life as individual stand-alone articles or for the purpose of mass production. Some may work to produce one tiny part of a space shuttle, while others may work to produce a pattern or prototype of the next fad-style of diaper bags. Video games, Web design, interest-area product designs, and entertainment designs for stages, video productions, photography, and more.

How to have a career in the Art or Design industry:

This year, we are miles away from the good ol’ days when all you had to do for employment was to submit an application and promise to work hard. Job competition exists across-the-board for all job openings in America. When employers are forced to choose between untrained labor, and those holding current industry training or a degree, it is obvious who they will choose to spend their money on. The quickest road to a career in Art or Design today is done through entering a trade school or college for credentials.

Online Colleges Offering Arts & Design Degrees

Accreditation  

University of Phoenix is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. .

Accreditation  

The Art Institute Online is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).

Accreditation  

Westwood College is currently nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) or the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).

Accreditation  

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

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Arts & Design Salaries
Animation
$34,000 - $97,500
Graphic Design
$32,382 - $45,020
Photography
$41,000 - $72,800
Audio Production
$42,237 - $55,151
CAD/Drafting
$30,080 - $42,000
Game Design
$40,000 - $1,33,000
Multimedia & Web
$41,484 - $65,550
Video Production
$40,787 - $53,821
Visual Effects
$47,666 - $1,18,207
* Based on 5 years experience