Profiles of Illustration Degrees, Programs & Schools

Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Visual Communication Arts with Emphasis in Art Direction, Design, Illustration/Copywriting, New Media or Photography

Tuition Information: Undergraduate residents $5,230, nonresidents $12,742 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.  Tuition includes all mandatory undergraduate fees.  Tuition does not include a $16 per course "Course Enhancement Fee."

Illustrators work in a many environments ranging from creative agencies and animation studios to law enforcement agencies and even medical centers. The versatile skills illustrators possess have made them a hot commodity in the working world. This has contributed to the rise in employment and salaries in the state and across the nation. Schools from coast to coast have taken noticed and now offer a wider variety of competitive programs from certificates to advanced degrees. In the state of Ohio, several schools are ranked among the country’s best schools for illustrators.

Degrees Offered: B. F. A. Design Arts with Concentration in Digital Media, Graphic Design, Illustration; B. F. A. Digital Media with Concentration in Animation; M. F. A. Studio Art with Emphasis in Animation

Tuition Information: Undergraduate $26,250, graduate $27,450 for the 2012 – 2013 school year.

Milwaukee is Wisconsin's largest city, home to a steady economy of almost seventy-thousand corporations and private businesses.  Companies throughout Milwaukee continually employ talented local visual artists as graphic designers, especially in the field of commercial illustration.