DC, Maryland and Virginia Design Schools

Corcoran College of Art + Design
500 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
General Information (Toll Free): 888.CORCORAN
www.corcoran.edu
The Corcoran College of Art and Design, officially founded in 1890, is the only professional and fully accredited college of art and design in Washington, D.C. A full-time, four-year professional Bachelor of Fine Arts program is available in three majors, Graphic Design, Fine Art, and Photography. Each major offers additional concentration options. The college also offers classes through its popular Division of Continuing Education program, known to many as the Open Program, providing a wide range of courses in art and design for all ages.

The Art Institute of Washington
1820 North Fort Myer Dr.
Arlington, VA 22209-1802
Phone: 1-877-303-3771; Fax: 1-703-358-9759
www.aiw.aii.edu
The Art Institute of Washington prepares students for careers in the visual and practical arts. It is a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta and offers two levels of degrees: Associate of Arts degrees in Culinary Arts, Graphic Design, and Multimedia & Web Design; and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Graphic Design and Media Arts & Animation. The Art Institute of Washington programs of study are offered on a year-round basis, allowing students to continue to work uninterrupted toward their degrees.

Maryland Institute, College of Art
1300 Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
410-225-2300
www.mica.edu
The Maryland Institute, College of Art, established in 1826, is the oldest independent, degree-granting, fully-accredited art college in the nation. Located in the historic Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, the Maryland Institute offers Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, and Master of Arts in Digital Arts degrees, as well as a five-year combined Bachelor of Fine Arts/Master of Arts in Teaching program. The Maryland Institute is one of the most selective art colleges in the country. It has consistently been named among the top four visual arts colleges in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

The George Washington University
Center for Professional Development
2121 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
202-994-1000
www.gwu.edu/~cpd
Students interested in desktop publishing as a field of study or as a career might be particularly interested in pursuing the Desktop/Electronic Publishing Certificate. For those seeking a credential in Interactive Multimedia and Web Design, GWU offers nine certificates: Interactive Multimedia/ New Media, 3D and Streaming Media, Web Development, Web Site Editor, Web Designer, After Effects, Computers and Music, Web Content Development Using XML, and Web Development - Adobe Solutions.

Georgetown University
Center for Professional Development
Car Barn building, 3520 Prospect St. NW, Suite 308.
Washington, D.C. 20057
202-687-7000
http://cpd.georgetown.edu
Offers a certificate program in web development and design (through its Information Technology section) that is quite thorough.

College of Southern Maryland
Information Center (INF) at La Plata Campus
PO Box 910, La Plata, MD 20646-0910
e-mail: info@csm.cc.md.us
Phone: (301) 934-7765
www.csm.cc.md.us
Computer Art/Digital Imaging: This certificate will prepare students for employment careers in the multifaceted field including advertising, commercial photography, media publications, design, commercial printing, graphic imaging and fine art, as well as other areas that link the artistic formation of printed communication and technical processes.

Community College of Baltimore County — Catonsville
800 South Rolling Road
Baltimore, MD 21228
410-455-6050; TTY 410-455-4163
www.ccbc.cc.md.us/
Computer Graphics and Visual Communication courses/certificate

Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
410-704-2000
www.towson.edu
Art degree, visual communications concentration: Students may select one of five areas of focus within the Visual Communication/Photography Concentration: 1) Graphic Design Area of Focus, 2) Illustration: Studio Media Area of Focus, 3) Illustration: Digital Area of Focus, 4) Photography: Fine and Applied Arts Area of Focus, 5) or Photography: Photographic Imaging Interdisciplinary Area of Focus.

Northern Virginia Community College
3001 North Beauregard St.
Alexandria, Virginia 22311-5097
Tel: (703) 845-6200; V/TDD: (703) 845-6016
www.nv.cc.va.us/alexandria/
Offers a Communication Design Program. Upon completion of two years of classes, as described in the college catalog, a student receives an Associate in Applied Science degree. The curriculum is designed for individuals who seek full-time employment in the communication design field.

Howard University
2455 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
Phone: 202-806-7040
www.howard.edu/
The Division of Fine Arts of Howard University is a professionally oriented body of artist/scholars within a historically African-American private university committed to the provision of visual, practical and performing arts education of exceptional quality to students of high artistic and academic potential, with particular emphasis on the provision of opportunities for individuals of African ancestry. Objectives are to prepare students for successful careers in the arts, to foster arts education and to enhance the quality of life for the university, the community and an international public.

University of Baltimore
—School of Communication Design
—Institute for Language, Technology and Publication Design
Baltimore, MD, 4-year, Master, & Ph.D programs
www.ubalt.edu

American University, School of Communications
Washington, DC, 4-year degree
www.american.edu

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD, 4-year degree program & Masters
http://imda.umbc.edu/index2.html

Other US Design Schools & Information

SenseBox.com
Nationwide listing of design and new-media schools.
http://sensebox.com

Portfolio Center
Atlanta, GA. 4-year degree program
www.portfoliocenter.com

Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL, Masters and Ph.D. programs
www.id.iit.edu/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Media Lab
Cambridge, MA, 4-year, Masters, Ph.D.
http://alberti.mit.edu/departments/media_lab.html

The Cooper Union School of Art
New York, NY. 4-year degree
www.cooper.edu

Parsons School of Design
New York, NY, 4-year degree and Masters; also animation/multimedia degrees
www2.parsons.edu

Pratt Institute
New York, NY, 4-year degree program
www.pratt.edu

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI, 4-year, Masters; also film/animation/video degrees
www.risd.edu/index.cfm