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Illustration Degree - Online and Campus Programs

Illustration artists work in commercial, entertainment, educational, non-profit, and scientific research fields, preparing everything from designs for animated cartoons to skeletal illustrations for a medical abstract. If you have a creative imagination and love to draw, there are illustration training and degree programs with courses in the illustration specialty that calls to you. Perhaps you prefer to work in painting or fine arts, or illustrate books or greeting cards, or design landscapes for a video game. You might want to do sketches of suspects for law enforcement agencies or work for an advertising agency. The field is diverse and your talents are in demand.

How to Prepare for a Career in Illustration

According to The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), illustration and fine arts programs at two and four-year colleges and universities can prepare you for the profession. Many professionals return to illustration programs to learn new, emerging techniques required for their specialty field. Medical illustrators combine courses in pre-med with art training. Those who want to teach illustration classes in colleges and schools may go on to earn their graduate degree.

Illustration Career Wages

The BLS reports that 60 percent of artists and illustrators are self-employed professionals. In 2008, the median annual wage for artists and illustrators was $42,650, with top salaries averaging $83,410. The high end of the salary scale is typically paid to illustrators in the motion picture or video industries.

Outlook for Careers in Illustration

The BLS predicts a 12 percent increase in jobs for artists and illustrators between 2008 and 2018.
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Academy of Art University, founded in 1929 by artists for artists, is the nation's largest accredited, private art and design university with over 18,000 students.

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At AIU, the Serious U, you can get in, get it done, and get ahead.

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Westwood College is dedicated to preparing students with the knowledge, skills and training needed for meaningful employment. Through education, we create opportunities, change lives and impact futures.

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Turn your talents into a career at nationally recognized and accredited Platt College.

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Work toward your degree online with Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design.

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At University of Phoenix, we believe everyone deserves access to higher education.

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With an Art Institutes education, imagine what you could create.

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Your creativity is a big part of who you are and where you’re going. To take it, and your future, as far as you want, you need an education that’s focused on developing your talents and putting you on the path toward the creative career that stirs your imagination. A collaborative education at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, is all about the work, the students who create it, and the instructors who guide them.

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Why ASU? At ASU, learning online is effective, flexible and smart. Every program delivered online is developed by the same excellent faculty who teach on our campuses, and is designed to engage students and professors in meaningful ways. The result? Our students are an integral part of a New American University.

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Start planning for your future at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Chicago.

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