Graphic Design at George Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a graphic design school? To help you decide if George Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's graphic design program.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

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

GWU Graphic Design Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design

GWU Graphic Design Rankings

The graphic design major at GWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Graphic Design. 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.

Graphic Design Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the graphic design majors at George Washington University.

GWU Graphic Design Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of graphic design bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its graphic design bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's in graphic design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Visual Communications
• Interior Design

Careers That Graphic Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in graphic design can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Graphic Designers	1,690	$71,180
Art Directors	760	$78,270
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	490	$100,590
Multimedia Artists and Animators	80	$89,210

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
• Image Credit: By Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.