Art, Design & Graphics

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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.

On Campus Programs


2021–2022 Art, Design & Graphics Career Outcomes

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

  Total Degrees % Employed or Continuing Education Average Salary
B.F.A. Animation & Digital Media 31 100% $34K
B.F.A. Game Design & Development  35 94% $46K
B.F.A. Graphic Design & Interactive Media 45 97% $40K
B.F.A. Industrial & Product Design 35 100% $45K
B.F.A. Interior Design 28 100% $47K
B.F.A. Studio Art 15 90% NA
B.S. Graphic Communications 18 100% $42K
B.S. Video Production 3 100% NA
Total 210 98% $42K

Partial List of Employers

   
  • 3M
  • Abbott
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Adelyn Charles Interiors
  • Allobee
  • Ardisam, Inc.
  • Ashley Furniture Industries
  • BCI Burke Company
  • BKV Group
  • Bolger
  • Cambria
  • Colder Products Company
  • DAS Group, Inc.
  • ESG Architecture and Design
  • Ghidorzi Companies
  • Gray Television
  • Heinzen Printing
  • Japs Olson Company
  • Kalco Lighting
  • King Show Games, Inc.
  • Linhoff Photo
  • Mayo Healthcare
  • Mercyhealth
  • MGS Mfg. Group
  • Mittera
  • Mood Interior Design
  • MSR Design
  • Nordic Ware
  • Oshkosh Corporation
  • Pablo Center at the Confluence
  • PBS Wisconsin
  • Plaudit Design
  • Raven Lousie Designs
  • Realityworks, INC
  • REM5 Virtual Reality Laboratory
  • Rogue Productions
  • SAS Architects & Planners, LLC
  • Sign Art
  • Stocks Design Co.
  • Target
  • The Waraksa Group
  • TTX
  • UNO Branding
  • Vela Creative Interior Design
  • VKB Homes
  • Vomela Speciality Company
  • Walt Disney Imagineering
  • Whitewater Community Television
  • World Architects and Engineers
  • Worzalla
  • WXOW/WQOW TV, Inc.

Typical Job Titles

   
  • 3D Animator
  • Animator/Illustrator
  • Assistant Project Manager
  • Concept Artist
  • Content Producer
  • Creative Associate
  • Custom Furniture Designer
  • Design Associate
  • Designer
  • Digital Artist
  • Digital Designer
  • Fabrication and Production Assistant
  • Fabricator
  • Freelance Artist
  • Graphic Artist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Industrial Designer
  • Interior Designer
  • Junior Environment Artist
  • Junior Industrial Design
  • Junior Interior Designer
  • Junior Product Designer
  • Labeling Specialist
  • Lead Designer
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Marketing Coordinator
  • Media Specialist
  • Motion Design
  • Multimedia Designer
  • Owner
  • Pre-Press Operator
  • Product Designer
  • Production Assistant
  • Production Designer
  • Project Coordinator
  • Project Manager
  • Promotion Producer
  • Quality Assurance
  • Radio and Television Technical Director
  • Sales Design Consultant
  • Sales Floor Team Member
  • Stop Motion Animator
  • Technical Designer
  • Videographer
  • Web Designer

Graduate Degree Programs


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