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Art, Design & Graphics Degrees

Live, breathe and succeed in the arts with degrees that unlock your professional potential.
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Enhance your love of printing, web, animation, fashion, textiles, graphics, design, sculpture, painting or other artistic pursuits through this cluster. Your career options will be limited only by your imagination.

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B.F.A. Animation & Digital Media

Develop the 2D and 3D modeling and animation skills to bring stories and characters to life. Combine your passions for art, design, and technology while enjoying collaborative and cross-disciplinary projects.
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B.F.A. Game Design & Development - Art

Create concept art and characters, interactable props and environments, lighting and visual effects, branding, and UI/UX—all rooted in art and design foundations. Our collaborative program will teach you to develop 2D and 3D videogame and tabletop game assets using industry-standard software and hardware.
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B.F.A. Graphic Design & Interactive Media

Bring content to life through a career in print and web design. Develop the principles, practices and portfolio to engage audiences in any medium through visual communication solutions.
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B.F.A. Illustration

Become a visual storyteller and develop your creative voice. Merge art fundamentals with specialized courses focused on visual storytelling.
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B.F.A. Industrial & Product Design

Build a career designing commercial products that excite the aesthetic and fulfill the functional needs of consumers. Combine your passion for design and function by creating products to improve the lives of consumers.
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B.F.A. Interior Design

Build a career creating inspiring interiors for commercial and residential spaces. You will learn the principles of space planning, lighting design, construction and sustainability for residential and commercial spaces.
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B.F.A. Studio Art

Develop a deeper dialogue with the world through visual representation and expression. Train to become a successful studio artist. Apply your knowledge, techniques, and methods while pursuing a concentration in a studio art discipline.
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B.S. Arts Administration & Entrepreneurship

Engage with artists, build artistic communities and promote the industry of the arts. Through experiential learning the program provides you with a broad foundation across diverse fields in arts and design.
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B.S. Fashion Design & Development

Design a career in fashion that takes your sketches from pattern to presentation. Design a career in fashion that takes your sketches from pattern to presentation.
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B.S. Game & Media Studies

Deliver success managing the commercial production and analysis of digital media and game projects. UW-Stout's B.S. Game & Media Studies offers students interested in media and gaming an avenue to leadership through research and project management.
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B.S. Graphic Communications

Lead the future of commercial graphic communications by delivering design to the world. Our B.S. Graphic Communications program teaches the technical aspects of graphics production, business, project management, manufacturing, and marketing.
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B.S. Video Production

Launch a career creating and producing professional motion content. You can have the advanced technical knowledge and skills to create and edit your video and media products. Our team environment will teach you how.
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2024–2025 Art, Design & Graphics Career Outcomes

Hands-on curriculum, co-op/internship experiences, and industry partnerships lead to successful outcomes.

ProgramTotal Degrees% Employed or Continuing EducationAverage Salary
B.F.A. Animation & Digital Media4094%$45K
B.S. Arts Administration & Entrepreneurship1100%N/A
B.S. Fashion Design & Development9100%$43K
B.F.A. Game Design & Development - Art4897%$39K
B.S. Graphic Communications12100%$50K
B.F.A. Graphic Design & Interactive Media4697%$45K
B.F.A. Industrial & Product Design29100%$57K
B.F.A. Interior Design3693%$47K
B.F.A. Studio Art16100%N/A
B.S. Video Production2392%N/A
Total26096%$46K

Programs not listed had no graduates during the time period of this report.

Partial List of Employers
  • Ashley Furniture Industries
  • BCI Burke Company, LLC
  • Belmark, Inc.
  • Big Dot of Happiness
  • Board Game Design
  • Brand Ink
  • Cardinal Glass Industries
  • Cole-TAC LLC
  • Colony Brands, Inc.
  • Commercial Furniture Services, Inc.
  • Cow Town Games
  • CSI Creative
  • Eau Claire Community Foundation
  • Edgewood Orchard Galleries
  • ESG Architecture and Design, Inc
  • Furniture Industries Incorporated
  • Game Breakdown, LLC
  • Gemini, Inc.
  • Gensler
  • Great Northern Corporation
  • Green Bay Packaging, Inc.
  • Grey Fox Pottery
  • Hidden Bay Graphics
  • HOM Furniture
  • Imagine
  • King Show Games, Inc.
  • Lifetouch Portrait Studios
  • Maurices
  • Menards, Inc.
  • Menasha Corporation
  • Miller Monument
  • Minnesota Children’s Museum
  • National Presto Industries, Inc.
  • OEC Graphics, Inc.
  • OPP Studios
  • Realityworks
  • River Valley Architects, Inc.
  • Royle Printing
  • Sherwin Williams
  • Sign Spot
  • Snap-on Incorporated
  • Tall Tales Productions
  • Target
  • TJ Maxx
  • Vintage Zinc Interiors
  • Volume One
  • VYPE Graphics
  • Walmart
  • Woodland Creek Furniture
Graduate Job Titles
  • 2D Animator
  • 2D Artist
  • 3D Artist
  • Animator/Illustrator
  • Architectural Drafter
  • Artist
  • Associate Project Manager
  • CAD Designer
  • Children’s Book Illustrator
  • Creative Concept Director
  • Creative Specialist
  • Design Assistant
  • Designer
  • Digital Content Specialist
  • Digital Designer
  • Digital Marketing Specialist
  • Digital Media Instructor
  • Drone Show Designer
  • Effects Animation
  • Event Technician
  • Graphic Artist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Graphic Production Specialist
  • Graphic Technician
  • Industrial Designer
  • Industrial Product Designer
  • Interior Design Consultant
  • Interior Designer
  • Junior Graphic Designer
  • Lead Game Designer
  • Lead Graphic Designer
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Marketing Coordinator
  • Marketing Specialist
  • Painter
  • Photographer
  • Playground Designer
  • Prepress Operations
  • Print Production Estimator
  • Product Designer
  • Product Specialist
  • Product Visualization Specialist
  • Production Assistant
  • Social Media Manager
  • Space Planner Specialist
  • Structural Designer
  • Video Editor
  • Video/Multimedia Specialist
  • Videographer

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