Graphic Communications at School of Visual Arts

If you plan to study graphic communications, take a look at what School of Visual Arts has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SVA is located in New York, New York and approximately 3,692 students attend the school each year. Of the 733 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from School of Visual Arts in 2021, 87 of them were graphic communications majors.

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

SVA Graphic Communications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Communication

SVA Graphic Communications Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the graphic communication progam at SVA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The graphic communication major at SVA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Graphic Communications. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Graphic Communications Schools	14
Most Focused Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Graphic Communications Schools	31
Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Best Value Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
	51
Best Graphic Communications Schools	57
Best Value Graphic Communications Schools	60
	66

How Much Do Graphic Communication Graduates from SVA Make?

The median salary of graphic communication students who receive their bachelor's degree at SVA is $14,518. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $26,669 for all graphic communication students.

Graphic Communication Student Demographics at SVA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the graphic communication majors at School of Visual Arts.

SVA Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Program

Of the 87 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in graphic communication from SVA in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its graphic communication bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from School of Visual Arts with a bachelor's in graphic communication.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	23
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SVA also has a doctoral program available in graphic communication. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Graphic Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in graphic communication 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 School of Visual Arts.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Data Entry Keyers	12,490	$37,230
Printing Press Operators	9,380	$41,770
Multimedia Artists and Animators	2,060	$86,490
Prepress Technicians	1,690	$45,860
Desktop Publishers	850	$55,260

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.