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Art, Design & Graphics

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, 3D, character and stop-animation skills to create your own characters and animated films. 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

Develop the art and design skills to pursue a career as a game designer or developer. Do you want to be game artist? With core skills in art and design, you'll create visual elements like 3D characters and environments, levels, and animations.
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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

Bring stories to life 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. 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

Turn your passion for visual communications, graphic arts, digital software and print production into a career delivering design to the world. You will learn the technical and management skills needed to design, develop, produce and distribute omni-channel marketing campaigns.
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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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2022–2023 Art, Design & Graphics Career Outcomes

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

 Total Degrees% Employed or Continuing EducationAverage Salary
B.F.A. Animation & Digital Media2188%NA
B.S. Fashion & Retail24100%$53K
B.F.A. Game Design & Development 3195%$40K
B.S. Graphic Communications17100%$43K
B.F.A. Graphic Design & Interactive Media4697%$46K
B.F.A. Industrial & Product Design31100%$46K
B.F.A. Interior Design3697%$46K
B.F.A. Studio Art22100%$26K
B.S. Video Production19100%$40K
Total24798%$44K
Partial List of Employers
  • 3M
  • Allison + Partners
  • Amplio Marketing
  • Ashley Furniture Industries
  • Atmosphere Commerical Interiors
  • Bolger
  • Boston Scientific
  • Brooks Stevens, Inc.
  • Callan Publishing, Inc.
  • Carlson Print Group
  • CSI Creative
  • Daily Printing, Inc.
  • DEC Graphics
  • Emerson
  • Fritz & Lloyd Interiors
  • Gerhard's
  • Harms Creative, LLC
  • Hennick Entertainment
  • Henricksen
  • HSR Associates
  • Infinite Campus
  • King Show Games, Inc.
  • King Technology
  • Leary Studios
  • Leerburg
  • Midwest Sinage
  • Milwaukee Tool
  • Mittera Group
  • MNFX
  • Mood Interior Designs
  • National Presto Industries, Inc.
  • Perkins & Will
  • Phillips-Medisize
  • Powertex Group
  • Procter & Gamble (P&G)
  • Quad In-Store
  • Rosenbauer America, LLC
  • Royle Printing
  • Shea Design
  • Shutterfly, LLC.
  • Southwest Graphics
  • Studio MLM
  • The Bernard Group
  • The IMAGINE Group
  • TivoliToo
  • Trek Bicycle Corporation
  • Tucker Thomas Interior Design
  • Vertico Studios
  • Wiha Tools USA
  • Wold Architects & Engineers
Graduate Job Titles
  • 2D Game Artist
  • 3D Product Visualization Artist
  • Account Coordinator
  • Advertising Graphic Designer
  • Art Teacher
  • Artist
  • Associate Interior Designer
  • Ceramics Artist-in-Residence
  • CAD Drafter
  • Design Consultant
  • Designer
  • Electrical Detail Drafter
  • Electronic Press Operator
  • Estimator
  • Fabricator
  • Field Technician
  • Freelance Designer
  • Gallery Administrator
  • Graphic Designer
  • Graphic Technician
  • Industrial Designer
  • Interior Designer
  • Junior Designer
  • Web Designer
  • Junior Interior Designer
  • Junior Production Designer
  • Logistics Facilitator
  • Manager
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Marketing Coordinator
  • Marketing Specialist
  • Molding Operator
  • Prepress Operator
  • Print Assistant
  • Print Shop Associate
  • Product Developer
  • Project Manager
  • Survey Technician
  • Tattoo Apprentice
  • Technology Assistant
  • Photographer
  • Video Producer
  • Videographer
  • Visual Designer
  • Wedding Videographer

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