Oregon Graphic Design Programs Overview

Graphic design schools teach classes that help people to understand how to communicate visually with graphics and text. A few career options are in graphic or typographic design, communications design for corporate, entertainment industry, or environmental organizations, branding or identity designers and more. Students can be exposed to exciting classes in typography for Web, posters, manual-style, type, packaging, green-issue, and other courses that promote visual communication knowledge.

Who goes to Graphic Design Schools?

People generally enter into graphic design schools when they want to work within the advertising community inside of another career interest area. Since advertising is used in almost all other industries, graphic design talents allow for a vast array of employment possibilities globally.

Most graphic design schools offer AA, BA, or Master Degree classes. It is up to the individual student on how far they would like to go in their knowledge. To enter most schools, students are normally required to have their high school graduation completed. This is not true for every school, however. A few schools will allow high school aged students into online classes while they are completing high school if they can prove that their grades and skill-level is ready for college level instruction. Students must contact individual schools for details.

For those who are interested in learning more about graphic design schools, we keep a comprehensive list of schools for you to browse through. Lots of information about the graphic design industry can be learned by reading class descriptions.

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.

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,.

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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