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Earn a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at Columbia College Chicago and gain the experience you need to launch a career in design. Develop advanced skills in publication and website design through hands-on courses showcasing typography, layout, packaging, and more. You will start building your portfolio from day one, updating, refining, and improving it until you graduate.
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Develop your graphic design skills: Columbia College Chicago’s Graphic Design program will give you the tools and experience you’ll need to launch a career in visual communication. You’ll develop advanced skills in typography, layout, information design, packaging design, and other applications through hands-on courses.
Be a part of a top-ranking program: Columbia is among the best 15 Graphic Design schools in the Midwest, according to Animation Career Review.
Discover internship opportunities: Gain real world experience and add to your portfolio with our internship and study abroad opportunities. You will make professional connections, beginning with our award-winning faculty members who are experts in the field.
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Our alumni are designers, artists, and leaders in the field of graphic design, and reshaping the industry.
Eavan Wallner ’14: After spending four years at Leo Burnett, where she designed for clients such as Allstate, Samsung, and Kraft, Wallner moved to San Francisco to join the design team at Google as a visual designer.
Seth Abbott ’18: Once a junior art director at Time Zone One, a global creative communications agency based in Chicago, Toronto, and Christchurch, New Zealand, Abott is currently a production design manager at Rockstar Games.
Haley Fischer ’17: Formerly a junior designer at "Modern Luxury," a lifestyle publisher with titles across industries (including well-known city magazines such as “CS,” “Capital File,” and “Gotham"), Fischer is currently a senior designer at Hopp Creative.
