Illustration at Virginia Commonwealth University

If you plan to study illustration, take a look at what Virginia Commonwealth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 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.

VCU Illustration Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration

VCU Illustration Rankings

The illustration major at VCU 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 VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the illustration majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Illustration Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of illustration bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in illustration at VCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its illustration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in illustration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	75
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Related Majors

• Visual Communications
• Interior Design
• Other Design & Applied Arts
• Graphic Design
• Fashion 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Artists	270	$63,490
Set and Exhibit Designers	200	$47,720
Designers	100	$66,120

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.