ArtCenter College of Design

ArtCenter College of Design educates designers to excel in craft and develop their unique vision. We believe design is critical to business, community, and society. We research, strategize, develop concepts, prototype, and execute to create sublime solutions that move the viewer.

In our Undergraduate Graphic Design Program, we foster the highest standards of creativity and critical thinking, visual and

cultural literacy, craftsmanship, professionalism and collaboration, leadership and ethical purpose, and a readiness to be lifelong learners. We offer five areas of emphasis that can be combined together, allowing students to develop unique skillsets: Motion, Visual Interaction Design, Print, Package Design, and Transmedia (design systems explored through traditional and emerging media).

Our Graduate Graphic Design Program is committed to powerful, unexpected ideas supported by practical, reality-based solutions across all media. We rigorously educate designers to both create and lead, empowering them to make influential design while continually expanding the boundaries of the discipline. Ultimately, we cultivate creative leaders equipped to shape the next generation of the global design profession.

Our MDes in Brand Design and Strategy online program focuses on brand strategy and innovation, in which students explore the broader constructs of successful brand strategy, building, and management. This program fosters the designer’s ability to be a chief decision-maker, with the skills and tools to lead teams and create change.

In 2025, ArtCenter was ranked the #1 Graphic Design school in the U.S. by The One Club, a recognition of the strength, ability, and extraordinary talent of our students. artcenter.edu

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ArtCenter College of Design educates designers to excel in craft and develop a unique vision. We believe design is critical to business, our communities, and society. We research, strategize, develop concepts, prototype, and execute to create sublime solutions that move the viewer.

In our Undergraduate Graphic Design Program, we foster the highest standards of creativity and critical thinking, visual and cultural literacy, craftsmanship, professionalism and collaboration, leadership and ethical purpose, and a readiness to be lifelong learners. We offer five areas of emphasis that can be combined together, allowing students to develop unique skillsets: Motion, Visual Interaction Design, Print, Package Design, and Transmedia (design systems explored through traditional and emerging media).

Our Graduate Graphic Design program focuses on skill, leadership, and strategic thinking across all media with a goal of practical professional improvement and creative vision.

In 2022, we launched our MDes in Brand Design and Strategy online program, focusing on brand strategy and innovation, in which students explore the broader constructs of successful brand strategy, building, and management. This program fosters the designer’s ability to be a chief decision-maker, with the skills and tools to lead teams and create change.

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ArtCenter’s visionary approach to art and design education is based on the College’s conservatory-like approach to teaching and learning; a desire for rich, intercultural, and transdisciplinary dialogue; and a mandate to provide students innovative learning and making spaces. An international leader in art and design education, ArtCenter offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines, as well as visual and applied arts. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a series of year-round educational programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to the industry and social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, its alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

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ArtCenter’s visionary approach to art and design education is based on the College’s conservatory-like approach to teaching and learning; a desire for rich, intercultural and transdisciplinary dialogue; and a mandate to provide students innovative learning and making spaces. An international leader in art and design education, ArtCenter offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines, as well as visual and applied arts. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a series of year-round educational programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to the industry and social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, its alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

Contact: www.artcenter.edu

ArtCenter’s visionary approach to art and design education is based on the College’s conservatory-like approach to teaching and learning; a desire for rich, intercultural and transdisciplinary dialogue; and a mandate to provide students innovative learning and making spaces. An international leader in art and design education. ArtCenter offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines, as well as visual and applied arts. Programs include Advertising, Graphic Design, Graduate Graphic Design and Graduate Media Design Practices. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a series of year-round educational programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to the industry and social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, its alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

Contact: www.artcenter.edu

ArtCenter College of Design is an international leader in art and design education. ArtCenter offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines, as well as visual and applied arts. Programs include Advertising, Graphic Design, Graduate Graphic Design and Graduate Media Design Practices. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a highly regarded series of year-round educational programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to the industry and social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, its alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

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Graphic design is a process to create change. Change is made to happen by designers committed to great ideas. ArtCenter’s Graphic Design programs educate those designers, to See, Do and Lead. Alumni make design influential in companies, communities and society and extend the boundaries of design in all directions. Graphic Design students become leaders to globally drive the next generation of the creative profession. Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena CA, ArtCenter is a leader in art and design education. The institution offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Southern California region through a series of year-round educational programs for ages nine through adulthood. Renowned for both its ties to industry and social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the UN Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

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