The Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design at California State University's Chico campus allows students to major in graphic design, mass communications design or media arts. CSU incorporates a well-rounded structure for preparing students for careers in communications design with programs such as: instructional design and technology, photography, new media and video production.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania's Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design is the recommended communication design degree by both the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Centered within the College of Visual and Performing Arts school at KU, the communications design department provides a four-year curriculum for training students in graphic design, advertising design, illustration and interactive design.
Kent State University's Ohio campus offers one of the most comprehensive courses of Visual Communication Design in the United States. The alumni of which are successfully based in all major cities in America. KSU's Visual Communication Design program develops aesthetic skills and theory application while instilling a firm knowledge of design history and tradition. Degree programs within the Visual Communications Design department include: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Science in Photo-Illustration.
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design offers a Communication Design Program for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design. CMU's studio courses teach the principles of communication with emphasis on the dynamic and static forms of type and image. The four-year curriculum begins students with typographic form in space and time and ends with learning to communicate complex information through both the physical and digital world.