Commercial & Advertising Art at Rochester Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying commercial & advertising art, you may want to check out the program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RIT is located in Rochester, New York and has a total student population of 16,158.

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

RIT Commercial & Advertising Art Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Commercial and Advertising Art

RIT Commercial & Advertising Art Rankings

Commercial and Advertising Art Student Demographics at RIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the commercial and advertising art majors at Rochester Institute of Technology.

RIT Commercial & Advertising Art Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of commercial and advertising art associate's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in commercial and advertising art only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at RIT may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 23% more women than average.

RIT does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in commercial and advertising art graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a associate's in commercial and advertising art.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Illustration
• Interior Design
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design

Careers That Commercial and Advertising Art Grads May Go Into

A degree in commercial and advertising art can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Rochester Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Graphic Designers	21,350	$64,840
Commercial and Industrial Designers	1,990	$74,830
Artists	250	$74,240

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 Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.