Mississippi Arts & Design Overview

For people who enjoy working in creative fields, there are employment opportunities available for those who have training in the Art or Design industry. Mississippi isn’t the first place that you think of for fashion design, video productions, or gaming and animations fields, but jobs exist via the Internet for all Mississippians who would like to break into this exciting industry.

Reasons to pursue an Art or Design career in Mississippi:

The first reason that most people pursue a career working with games or photography and other ‘hobby’ style of interests is simply because they’re enjoyable. Along with being enjoyable, lots of areas within the Art or Design industry also provide a very nice paycheck and career benefits that can include being able to work from home. As more and more offline businesses start to go online, people who hold the right specialty Art or Design field trainings are in demand to accomplish all online needs for these sites. The Art and Design industry includes Web design, video, photography, marketing elements, and graphics.

How to pursue an Art or Design career in Mississippi:

It’s pretty easy to break into the Art and Design field from Mississippi. Loans, scholarships, and grant money is available to help you to get into classes. The people who receive the high-income paychecks and career-level job offers in the Arts or Design fields these days are all holding certifications or degrees from training schools or colleges. The time in school necessary to complete your training is all up to you. There are many schools available today that run on accelerated and sliding schedule programs.

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  

Westwood College is currently nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Accreditation  

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

Accreditation  

Savannah College of Art and Design is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges.

Campus 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  

McCann School of Business & Technology is accredited to award occupational associate degrees and certification diplomas by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education,.

Accreditation  

McCann School of Business & Technology is accredited to award occupational associate degrees and certification diplomas by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education,.

Accreditation  

(WASCSR) Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.

Programs Offered  
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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