A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes instruction in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.
| Major | Graduates | Colleges |
| Graphic Design | 4,674 | 282 |
| Advertising | 4,671 | 80 |
| Design and Visual Communications, General | 2,676 | 112 |
| Interior Design | 2,445 | 139 |
| Illustration | 1,689 | 44 |
| Fashion/Apparel Design | 1,678 | 59 |
| Industrial and Product Design | 1,533 | 53 |
| Game and Interactive Media Design | 1,071 | 50 |
| Design and Applied Arts, Other | 546 | 33 |