Graphic Designers Career

Vocational Programs for Graphic Designers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
213K	$31.11	$64,700

The role of Graphic Designers is to design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects. The average annual wage of the occupations is $64,700 and $31 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Graphic Designers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 212,720 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Graphic Designers is $13,012. The average length of the programs is 745 hours and the average completion time is 13.16 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Graphic Designers Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Graphic Designers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Graphic Designers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	351	$13,331	$1,080	973 Hours	11.29 Months
Computer Graphics	87	$400	$310	900 Hours	12.00 Months
Digital Arts	57	-	-	750 Hours	8.00 Months
Design and Visual Communications	83	$27,000	$80	98 Hours	17.00 Months
Commercial and Advertising Art	116	$11,485	$374	877 Hours	16.33 Months
Industrial and Product Design	6	-	-	-	-
Graphic Design	191	$12,844	$2,215	870 Hours	14.33 Months

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Graphic Designers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

351

$13,331

$1,080

973 Hours

11.29 Months

Computer Graphics

$400

$310

900 Hours

12.00 Months

Digital Arts

750 Hours

8.00 Months

Design and Visual Communications

$27,000

$80

98 Hours

17.00 Months

Commercial and Advertising Art

116

$11,485

$374

877 Hours

16.33 Months

Industrial and Product Design

Graphic Design

191

$12,844

$2,215

870 Hours

14.33 Months

Schools offering voational programs for Graphic Designers

The following 638 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Graphic Designers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.