Design Schools in Virginia
Virginia contains
37 schools that offer design programs.
Virginia Commonwealth University,
the highest-ranking design school in VA, has a total student population of 32,172 and
is the
222nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 37 design schools
in Virginia,
only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid,
Sanford-Brown College comes out as the most expensive ($49,321/yr),
with Wytheville Community College as the lowest recorded at only $1,335/yr.
Design students from Virginia schools who go on to become
interior designers,
architecture designers,
designers,
graphic designers, etc.
have a good chance at finding employment.
For example, there are 46,010 people working as
interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is
$51,990.
Also, Floral designers make on average $24,940 per year and there are about 51,470 of them employed in the US today.
In fact, in the Virginia alone, there are
1,360 employed floral designers earning an average yearly salary of
$25,340. Interior designers in this state earn
$52,550/yr and there are 1,460 employed.
Also, within the design schools
in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is
16 to 1. Aside from design,
there are 3782 total
degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around
$4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type
of school.
Design Programs in Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Levels offered:
Certificate
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Design and Applied Arts, Other
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Masters
Fashion/Apparel Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Emory and Henry College
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Shenandoah University
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Marymount University
Fashion/Apparel Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors, Masters
Mary Baldwin College
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Virginia Intermont College
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Associates, Bachelors
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Radford University
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Liberty University
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
ITT Technical Institute-Springfield
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
National College-Salem
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates
The Art Institute of Washington
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates, Bachelors
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates, Bachelors
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Associates, Bachelors
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
ITT Technical Institute-Chantilly
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
ITT Technical Institute-Richmond
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
ITT Technical Institute-Norfolk
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
Northern Virginia Community College
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Certificate
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Associates
Wytheville Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Danville Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Southside Virginia Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Sanford-Brown College
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates, Bachelors
Stratford University
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Associates
Eastern Shore Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Tidewater Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Associates
Lord Fairfax Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Germanna Community College
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Certificate
Southwest Virginia Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Patrick Henry Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Certificate
Central Virginia Community College
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
Blue Ridge Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Paul D Camp Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate
Piedmont Virginia Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Virginia Western Community College
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Associates
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Certificate
Virginia Highlands Community College
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Certificate
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
New River Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Thomas Nelson Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Certificate, Associates
Mountain Empire Community College
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
Levels offered:
Associates
Westwood College-Annandale
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Associates
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Westwood College-Arlington Ballston
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Design and Visual Communications, General
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Graphic Design
Levels offered:
Associates
Interior Design
Levels offered:
Bachelors
Virginia Interesting Facts
- Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
- The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
- Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
- Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
- Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".
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