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Top Art Schools*
University of Phoenix
The Associate of Science Degree program in Fashion Merchandising Degree is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in the fashion merchandising and retail industries.
The Art Institutes
The Art Institutes offer professional certificates, associate and bachelor degree programs in graphic design, digital design, and interactive media design.
American InterContinental
University Online
The Visual Communication online degree program is designed to educate and develop artistic and imaginative students for careers in the fields of commercial art and design.
*Programs very by location. Not all programs available at all locations.
Art School---a more practical choice than your parents think.
If you tell your parents that you want to go to art school, they'll immediately have visions of you starving in an attic in Paris, or worse! Of course, you could end up doing this, but it's much more likely that your art school training will have you working in motion pictures, television, or advertising, or perhaps a printing, publishing or software company - hardly industries renowned for paying starvation wages!
Art is big business, with an enormous variety of employment possibilities. These can be divided into four major career paths, all of which are served by an art school education.
Top Art Schools & Colleges
University of Phoenix
The Associate of Science Degree program in Fashion Merchandising Degree is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in the fashion merchandising and retail industries.
The Art Institutes
The Art Institutes offers professional certificates, associate and bachelor degree programs in graphic design, digital design, and interactive media design.
American Intercontinental University Online
The Visual Communication online degree program is designed to educate and develop artistic and imaginative students for careers in the fields of commercial art and design.
Art Directors
Art directors take a strategic view of projects, formulating concepts and reviewing content for periodicals, newspapers and other media. They are responsible for design and production of material, and manage people involved in copywriting, art work and layout design.
Fine Artists
Fine artists usually specialize in one, or maybe two, art forms, such as painting, illustration, sketching, sculpting or restoration. They may work for themselves, or they may work for galleries, museums, government art departments, and publishers.
Multi-media Artists
Multi-media artists and animators create special effects, animation or other visual images using film, video, computers or other digital and electronic media. Nowadays game software accounts for some 40% of people employed in this category.
Designers
"Designers" is a general term covering a range of commercial arts: for example, graphic, fashion, interior, and product.
The unifying factor of all these career paths is the right higher education qualification in art, preferably from an established art school. If you have the talent, art school gives you the opportunity to turn it into a lucrative career, whether you are self-employed or work for a company.
Please browse through the categories here on art schools & colleges to find an art school that can help you to hone your talents and find your dream career.