Online & Study Abroad Programs
The Art Institute (Online) Art Degree Programs Online
American InterContinental University - Study Abroad Programs
Kaplan University - School of Technology & Design
Saint Leo University

Alabama Art Schools
Herzing College - Birmingham
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Birmingham
Virginia College - Birmingham

Arizona Art Schools
CollegeAmerica - Flagstaff, Phoenix, AZ
Collins College - Tempe, AZ
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Tempe, Tucson, AZ
Art Center Design College - Tucson, AZ
The Art Institute of Phoenix - (Phoenix, Arizona)

Arkansas Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Little Rock

California Art Schools
The Art Institute of California - Inland Empire - (San Bernardino, California)
The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles - (Los Angeles, California)
The Art Institute of California - Orange County - (Orange County, California)
The Art Institute of California - Sacramento - (Sacramento, California)
The Art Institute of California - San Diego - (San Diego, California)
The Art Institute of California - San Francisco - (San Francisco, California)
American InterContinental University - Los Angeles
Brooks College - Long Beach
Brooks College - Silicon Valley
Brooks Institute of Photography - Santa Barbara
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Anaheim, Lathrop, Oxnard, Rancho Cordova, San Bernardino, San Diego, Sylmar, Torrance, West Covina
New York Film Academy - Universal Studios
Platt College (Los Angeles , Newport Beach, Ontario, Huntington Beach, CA ) -
The Los Angeles Film School - Hollywood
California Institute of the Arts - Valencia
FIDM/The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Campuses In: Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art - Van Nuys
Platt (Media Arts) College - San Diego

Connecticut Art Schools
Gibbs College - Norwalk

Florida Art Schools
American InterContinental University - South Florida Campus
College of Business and Technology - Miami
Digital Media Arts College - Boca Raton
Florida Technical College - Auburndale
Florida Technical College - DeLand
Florida Technical College - Jacksonville
Florida Technical College - Orlando
Herzing College - Orlando
International Academy of Design & Technology - Orlando
International Academy of Design & Technology - Tampa
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lake Mary, Miami, Tampa
Keiser College - Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Melbourne, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale - (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
The Art Institute of Jacksonville - (Jacksonville, Florida)
The Art Institute of Tampa - (Tampa, Florida)
Miami International University of Art & Design (Miami, FL)

Georgia Art Schools
American InterContinental University - Buckhead Campus
American InterContinental University - Dunwoody Campus
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Duluth, Kennesaw
The Art Institute of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Westwood College - Atlanta

Idaho Art Schools
Stevens-Henager College - Boise
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Boise

Illinois Art Schools
Harrington College of Design - Chicago
International Academy of Design & Technology - Chicago
International Academy of Design & Technology - Schaumburg
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Burr Ridge, Matteson, Mount Prospect
The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
Vatterott College - Quincy

Indiana Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Newburgh
The Art Institute of Indianapolis - (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Iowa Art Schools
Vatterott College - Des Moines

Kentucky Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Louisville
Louisville Technical Institute - Louisville

Louisiana Art Schools
Herzing College - New Orleans
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - St. Rose

Maine Art Schools
Heartwood College of Art - Kennebunk

Maryland Art Schools
Computer Career Institute at Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, Columbia
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Owings Mills

Massachusetts Art Schools
The New England Institute of Art (Brookline, MA)
The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University (Waltham, Massachusetts)
Clark University Computer Career Institute - Braintree, Cambridge, Framingham, Woburn
Gibbs College - Boston
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Norwood, Woburn
New York Film Academy - Harvard University
The Center For Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University - Waltham
School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston

Michigan Art Schools
International Academy of Design & Technology - Detroit
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Canton, Grand Rapids, Troy

Minnesota Art Schools
The Art Institutes International Minnesota - Minneapolis
Brown College - Mendota Heights
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Eden Prairie
Minnesota School of Business/Globe College - Brooklyn, Oakdale, Plymouth, Rochester, Richfield, Shakopee, Waite Park
Rasmussen College - Eagan, Minnetonka, St. Cloud
Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis
The Art Institutes International Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Mississippi Art Schools
Antonelli College - Jackson, Hattiesburg

Missouri Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Arnold, Earth City
Hickey College - St. Louis
Missouri College - St. Louis
Sanford-Brown College - St. Charles
Vatterott College - Joplin, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Ann, Sunset Hills
Missouri Tech - St. Louis

Montana Art Schools
Montana State University, School of Art - Bozeman

Nebraska Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Omaha
Vatterott College - Omaha

Nevada Art Schools
International Academy of Design & Technology - Las Vegas
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Henderson
The Art Institute of Las Vegas - (Las Vegas, Nevada)

New Hampshire Art Schools
McIntosh College - Dover
Rivier College, Department of Art and Music - Nashua

New Jersey Art Schools
Gibbs College - Livingston
Katharine Gibbs School - Piscataway
New York Film Academy - Princeton University
ProTrain Professional Training Institute - Oakhurst
Kean University, Fine Arts Department - Union

New Mexico Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Albuquerque
Art Center Design College - Albuquerque

New York Art Schools
Briarcliffe College - Bethpage
Briarcliffe College - Patchogue
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Albany, Getzville, Liverpool
Katharine Gibbs School - Long Island
Katharine Gibbs School - New York
New York Film Academy - New York City
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn
Wood Tobé-Coburn School - New York
Alfred School of Art and Design at Alfred University - Alfred
Cazenovia College, Center for Art and Design - Cazenovia
New York University - New York
Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester
The College of Westchester - White Plains
The Art Institute of New York City (New York, New York)

North Carolina Art Schools
King's College - Charlotte
School of Communication Arts @ Digital Circus - Raleigh
The Art Institute of Charlotte - (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Ohio Art Schools
Antonelli College - Cincinnati Main Campus
Bradford School - Columbus
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Dayton, Hilliard, Norwood, Strongsville, Youngstown
Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus
The Art Institute of Ohio - Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Oklahoma Art Schools
Vatterott College - Tulsa

Oregon Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Portland
The Art Institute of Portland - (Portland, Oregon)

Pennsylvania Art Schools
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The Art Institute of Philadelphia - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts (York, PA)

Rhode Island Art Schools
Gibbs College - Cranston
•New England Institute of Technology (Warwick, Rhode Island) - Video and Radio Production, Recording Arts, Architectural Building,

South Carolina Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Greenville
Coker College, Department of Art - Hartsville
The Art Institute of Charleston  (Charleston, South Carolina)

Tennessee Art Schools
International Academy of Design & Technology - Nashville
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Cordova, Knoxville, Nashville
The Art Institute of Tennessee - Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)

Texas Art Schools
American InterContinental University - Houston
Bradford School - Houston
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Arlington, Austin, Houston, Richardson, San Antonio
The Art Institute of Dallas - (Dallas, Texas)
The Art Institute of Houston - (Houston, Texas)

Utah Art Schools
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Murray
Stevens-Henager College - Logan, Murray, Ogden, Orem, Salt Lake City
Utah Career College - West Jordan
The Art Institute of Salt Lake City - (Draper, Utah)

Virginia Art Schools
Gibbs College - Vienna
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Chantilly, Norfolk, Richmond, Springfield
Hollins University, Art Department - Roanoke
The Art Institute of Washington - (Arlington, Virginia)

Washington Art Schools
International Academy of Design & Technology - Seattle
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Bothell, Seattle, Spokane Valley
Cornish College of the Arts - Seattle
The Art Institute of Seattle - (Seattle, Washington)

Wisconsin Art Schools
Herzing College - Madison
ITT Technical Institute, School of Drafting & Design - Green Bay, Greenfield

Wyoming Art Schools
CollegeAmerica - Cheyenne

Canada Art Schools
Herzing College - Laval
Herzing College - Montreal
Herzing College - Ottawa
Herzing College - Toronto
Herzing College - Winnipeg
International Academy of Design & Technology - Toronto
Fleming College, Haliburton School of The Arts - Haliburton
Vancouver Film School - Vancouver
The Art Institute of Toronto - (Toronto, Ontario)
The Art Institute of Vancouver - Burnaby Location, (Burnaby, British Columbia)
The Art Institute of Vancouver (Downtown Location) - (Vancouver, British Columbia)
The Art Institute of Vancouver Dubrulle Culinary Arts - (Vancouver, British Columbia)

European Art Schools
New York Film Academy - King's College - London, England
New York Film Academy - Paris, France
New York Film Academy - Florence, Italy
American InterContinental University - London, England
Firenze Arti Visive - Firenze, Italy
Istituto Marangoni - London, England & Milan, Italy
Limerick Institute of Technology, School of Art & design - Limerick, Ireland
London Art College - Milnthorpe, England
Marbella Design Academy - Costa del Sol - Malaga, Spain
The Working Men's College - London, England

Online Art Schools with Art Programs

Academy of Art University - Online - offering Art & Design, Advertising, Computer, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Photography curricula.
American Intercontinental University Online - School of Visual Communication - Master's in Visual Communications
Kaplan University - specializing in Arts & Sciences, Business, Criminal Justice, Information Technology and Paralegal curricula.
Thomson Education Direct - offering Accounting & Finance, Advertising & Marketing, Arts & Design, Automotive & Diesel, Business, Computer, Construction, Criminal Justice, Engineering, Fashion, Photography, HVAC, Interior Design, Culinary, Dental, Drafting, Education & Childcare, Electrician & Energy Trade, Electronics & Computer Repair, Legal & Paralegal, Veterinary, Travel, Motorcycle & Small Engine Repair, Office Professional, Personal Training, Resturant, Medical & Healthcare and Welding and Machine Trades curricula.
Westwood College (Online) - offering the following Animation, Business Administration, Computer Network Engineering, Computer Network Management, Game Art and Design, Criminal Justice, E-Business Management, Graphic Design and Multimedia, Information Systems Security, Software Engineering, Visual Communications, and Web Design and Multimedia curricula.

Career Paths for Creative People
Art directors develop design concepts and review material that is to appear in periodicals, newspapers, and other printed or digital media. They decide how best to present the information visually, so that it is eye catching, appealing, and organized. Art directors decide which photographs or artwork to use and oversee the layout design and production of the printed material. They may direct workers engaged in artwork, layout design, and copywriting.

Fine artists typically display their work in museums, commercial art galleries, corporate collections, and private homes. Some of their artwork may be commissioned (done on request from clients), but most is sold by the artist or through private art galleries or dealers. The gallery and the artist predetermine how much each will earn from the sale. Only the most successful fine artists are able to support themselves solely through the sale of their works. Most fine artists must work in an unrelated field to support their art careers. Some work in museums or art galleries as fine-arts directors or as curators, planning and setting up art exhibits. Others work as art critics for newspapers or magazines or as consultants to foundations or institutional collectors.

Usually, fine artists specialize in one or two art forms, such as painting, illustrating, sketching, sculpting, printmaking, and restoring. Painters, illustrators, cartoonists, and sketch artists work with two-dimensional art forms, using shading, perspective, and color to produce realistic scenes or abstractions.

Illustrators typically create pictures for books, magazines, and other publications, and for commercial products such as textiles, wrapping paper, stationery, greeting cards, and calendars. Increasingly, illustrators work in digital format, preparing work directly on a computer.

Medical and scientific illustrators combine drawing skills with knowledge of biology or other sciences. Medical illustrators draw illustrations of human anatomy and surgical procedures. Scientific illustrators draw illustrations of animal and plant life, atomic and molecular structures, and geologic and planetary formations. The illustrations are used in medical and scientific publications and in audiovisual presentations for teaching purposes. Medical illustrators also work for lawyers, producing exhibits for court cases.

Cartoonists draw political, advertising, social, and sports cartoons. Some cartoonists work with others who create the idea or story and write the captions. Most cartoonists have comic, critical, or dramatic talents in addition to drawing skills.

Sketch artists create likenesses of subjects using pencil, charcoal, or pastels. Sketches are used by law enforcement agencies to assist in identifying suspects, by the news media to depict courtroom scenes, and by individual patrons for their own enjoyment.

Sculptors design three-dimensional artworks, either by molding and joining materials such as clay, glass, wire, plastic, fabric, or metal or by cutting and carving forms from a block of plaster, wood, or stone. Some sculptors combine various materials to create mixed-media installations. Some incorporate light, sound, and motion into their works.

Printmakers create printed images from designs cut or etched into wood, stone, or metal. After creating the design, the artist inks the surface of the woodblock, stone, or plate and uses a printing press to roll the image onto paper or fabric. Some make prints by pressing the inked surface onto paper by hand or by graphically encoding and processing data, using a computer. The digitized images are then printed on paper with the use of a computer printer.

Painting restorers preserve and restore damaged and faded paintings. They apply solvents and cleaning agents to clean the surfaces of the paintings, they reconstruct or retouch damaged areas, and they apply preservatives to protect the paintings. All this is highly detailed work and usually is reserved for experts in the field.

Multi-media artists and animators work primarily in motion picture and video industries, advertising, and computer systems design services. They draw by hand and use computers to create the large series of pictures that form the animated images or special effects seen in movies, television programs, and computer games. Some draw storyboards for television commercials, movies, and animated features. Storyboards present television commercials in a series of scenes similar to a comic strip and allow an advertising agency to evaluate proposed commercials with the company doing the advertising. Storyboards also serve as guides to placing actors and cameras on the television or motion picture set and to other details that need to be taken care of during the production of commercials.