JUSTIN MARIMON ’13 Advertising & Graphic Design MAJOR
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Get to your major, right away
It’s your major, your future, your life. At CCAD, you’ll start courses and get experience in your major right away. We challenge you to dive right in and reap the benefits of an early start. You’ll have more skill, more savvy, and more time doing what you love.
JASON KOCHERAN ’14 ADVERTISING & GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR
John Urbano ’96 won
2 MTV VMAs
animation program in THE MIDWEST
for his work on One Direction’s 2012 hit “What Makes You Beautiful”
—animation career review
Dan Scanlon ’98 directed and cowrote
Monsters University which grossed $82.9 million in its opening weekend
the ONLY art & design school with a
MindMarket business incubator
THE FASHION DESIGN PROGRAM ranks
TOP 10 In the U.S.
92
%
of art graduates hold jobs that match their goals
top 20 in the world
Ranked in
Highest ROI Colleges in Ohio 2013
(out of over 300 schools)
5
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
(and one win!) EARNED BY ALUMNI IN 2013
CCAD was Named the only
U.S. Center of Excellence for Toon Boom animation software
Columbus is IN the
TOP 10
best U.S. cities for new college grads
The creative economy is growing
5 6 to
%
per year, with jobs for artists and designers increasing 42% by 2018
AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF
$100,000 in revenue to student artists at CCAD Art Fairs
The CCAD MindMarket Get a clear advantage, now The CCAD MindMarket This is where you get a clear advantage.
The CCAD MindMarket is the only laboratory of it’s kind in the United States. Here, you’ll have a chance to work through real world design challenges alongside faculty and outside experts in the field. It might take a weekend. It might take a semester. It will surely take everything you have. And it will be worth it. You’ll work with clients like P & G, blank and blank. You’ll even have a chance to incubate your own startup business with close guidance and support—and yes, you can take it with you when you graduate.
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Adding business skills to your creative talent gives you a professional edge. Early professional connections generate real career opportunities later.
Live At CCAD, you’ll live in a close-knit community surrounded by eight distinct cultural districts that bring people in from all over for art, food, and festivals.
On Campus
Design Square Apartments
New apartment-style living with walls of glass and private bedrooms for four Schottenstein Hall
Suites with two bedrooms, private bathrooms, and a common area
Off Campus
Many of our upper-level students live in adjacent neighborhoods. Columbus is one of the top 10 creative scenes in the country. Forbes says we’re one of the 15 most affordable cities in the U.S.
Eat On or off campus, you’ll eat like a foodie. Our dining hall is new and beautiful—and the food is seriously delicious. Not to mention we’re just a few blocks from more than 165 restaurants, pubs, and clubs in downtown alone. Grab a coffee or smoothie—or dine café style in our Student Center. Late nights, you’ll find more than 50 food trucks prowling the city streets.
Play Of course, there’s lots to do on campus. But off campus, you’ll find that daily life is easy and people are friendly. And young: Columbus is one of the nation’s largest college towns, so there’s lots of rule-bending energy, big thinking, and stuff to do. Enjoy live music nightly with 20 or 20,000 friends at dozens of nearby venues. For shopping, go local or go big—all within a few miles of campus.
At CCAD, we want every student to have an opportunity to pursue their PASSION, regardless of their means.
More than
$16.5 MILLION in scholarships offered
98% $19,000
of students get financial aid, WITH AN Average amount OF ALMOST
2013-2014 expenses and aid Tuition $28,872 per year $14,436 per semester (12–18 credit hours)
Room and Meal Plans $6,700–$11,000 per year
SCHOLARSHIPS CCAD Scholarships Scholastic Art Awards Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition YoungArts National Art Honor Society I Know I Can Founders’ Scholarship Battelle Scholarship
GRANTS Federal Pell Grant Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant State Grants CCAD Grants
Admissions 60 Cleveland Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43215
MATT HOUSTON ’13 ILLUSTRATION MAJOR
(Here you’ll find both.)
Learn more or come visit: 614.222.3261 www.ccad.edu/admissions
DEGREES OFFERED
MAJORS
MINORS
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Advertising & Graphic Design
Art History
Master of Fine Arts
Animation Cinematic Arts
Copywriting
ENROLLMENT 1,334 students
Fashion Design
201 full- and part-time faculty
Fine Arts
11:1 student-to-faculty ratio
Industrial Design
Average class size: 14
Interior Design
Illustration
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