Illustration at American Academy of Art

What traits are you looking for in a illustration school? To help you decide if American Academy of Art is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's illustration program.

The Academy is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 169 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Illustration section at the bottom of this page.

The Academy Illustration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration

The Academy Illustration Rankings

The illustration major at The Academy is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Illustration. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Illustration Student Demographics at The Academy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the illustration majors at American Academy of Art.

The Academy Illustration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of illustration bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical illustration bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at The Academy since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in illustration at The Academy are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American Academy of Art with a bachelor's in illustration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Commercial & Advertising Art
• Graphic Design

Careers That Illustration Grads May Go Into

A degree in illustration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for American Academy of Art.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Set and Exhibit Designers	340	$51,370
Designers	260	$70,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.