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Online Schools for Multimedia Designer
(Study from home, on your own schedule.)
- AIU Online
- DeVry University Online
- Herzing College
- ITT Technical Institutes
- International Academy of Design & Technology Online
- Minnesota School of Business
- The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
- Westwood College
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The Riley Guide: Career Research Center
Multimedia Designers
Job Numbers and Growth
The count of multimedia designers working in the US is about 87,000. Unemployment for this career is low compared to other careers.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
A government survey revealed that 23% of employees work only part of the time. Multimedia designers who work as their own boss represent 70% of the total.
Training and Education
Many employers require a bachelor's degree from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 58% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 29% of multimedia designers. The highest level of education for for 14% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
There are comparatively more jobs of this type in San Francisco (California), Seattle (Washington), and Raleigh (North Carolina), and comparatively fewer in West Palm Beach (Florida), Providence (Rhode Island), and Charlotte (North Carolina).
The earning potential for multimedia designers appears to be highest in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Austin (Texas), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Chattanooga (Tennessee), Baton Rouge (Louisiana), and Columbia (South Carolina).
Multimedia Designers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Multimedia Designers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Multimedia Designers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Multimedia Designers are starred 
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| State | Area | Positions | Typical Pay | Popularity in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Birmingham | 40 | $49,770 | 0.4 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | 170 | $54,340 | 0.5 |
| California | Oakland | 480 | $74,730 | 2.5 |
| California | San Diego | 320 | $51,110 | 1.3 |
| California | San Francisco | 1,500 | $78,650 | 8.1 |
| California | San Jose | 520 | $93,770 | 3.1 |
| California | Santa Ana | 530 | $62,900 | 1.9 |
| Colorado | Boulder | 50 | $49,160 | 1.8 |
| Connecticut | Hartford | 260 | 2.4 | |
| District of Columbia | Washington | 590 | $60,340 | 1.4 |
| Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 70 | $49,450 | 0.5 |
| Florida | Miami | 90 | $58,340 | 0.5 |
| Florida | Orlando | 370 | $47,040 | 1.9 |
| Florida | Tampa | 140 | $50,160 | 0.6 |
| Florida | West Palm Beach | 30 | $47,400 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | Atlanta | 460 | $47,300 | 1 |
| Illinois | Chicago | 770 | $61,670 | 1.1 |
| Illinois | Peoria | 40 | $45,300 | 1.3 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis | 140 | $52,690 | 0.8 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 50 | $37,700 | 0.7 |
| Maine | Portland | 40 | $44,460 | 1.1 |
| Maryland | Baltimore | 230 | $49,970 | 1 |
| Maryland | Bethesda | 260 | $68,010 | 2.5 |
| Massachusetts | Boston | 720 | $56,530 | 2.3 |
| Massachusetts | Framingham | 50 | $58,610 | 1.8 |
| Massachusetts | Springfield | 50 | $52,450 | 0.9 |
| Massachusetts | Worcester | 30 | $50,710 | 0.7 |
| Michigan | Detroit | 40 | $48,220 | 0.3 |
| Michigan | Warren | 190 | $43,670 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis | 740 | $49,010 | 2.2 |
| Missouri | Kansas City | 240 | $48,180 | 1.3 |
| Missouri | St Louis | 210 | $49,090 | 0.8 |
| Nebraska | Omaha | 30 | $41,320 | 0.4 |
| Nevada | Las Vegas | 210 | $64,140 | 1.2 |
| Nevada | Reno | 100 | $55,030 | 2.7 |
| New Jersey | Edison | 100 | $41,520 | 0.5 |
| New Jersey | Newark | 90 | $51,130 | 0.5 |
| New York | Albany | 110 | $51,900 | 1.4 |
| New York | Buffalo | 90 | $50,120 | 0.9 |
| New York | Nassau | 80 | $49,430 | 0.3 |
| New York | New York | 3,370 | $63,390 | 3.6 |
| North Carolina | Charlotte | 40 | $50,660 | 0.2 |
| North Carolina | Durham | 110 | $50,160 | 2.2 |
| North Carolina | Raleigh | 370 | $52,880 | 4 |
| North Carolina | Winston Salem | 30 | $57,170 | 0.8 |
| Ohio | Cincinnati | 160 | $57,420 | 0.8 |
| Ohio | Cleveland | 130 | $49,280 | 0.7 |
| Ohio | Columbus | 110 | $59,280 | 0.6 |
| Ohio | Dayton | 50 | $48,550 | 0.7 |
| Oregon | Eugene | 90 | $43,500 | 3.5 |
| Oregon | Portland | 380 | $58,700 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | 40 | $51,330 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 400 | $58,120 | 1.1 |
| Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 130 | $44,790 | 0.6 |
| Rhode Island | Providence | 30 | $42,390 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | Columbia | 120 | $34,640 | 1.9 |
| South Dakota | Sioux Falls | 40 | $40,090 | 1.7 |
| Tennessee | Chattanooga | 40 | $41,190 | 1 |
| Tennessee | Nashville | 150 | $48,950 | 1.1 |
| Texas | Austin | 400 | $74,530 | 2.9 |
| Texas | Dallas | 740 | $55,270 | 1.9 |
| Texas | Houston | 390 | $54,410 | 0.8 |
| Texas | San Antonio | 100 | $50,730 | 0.6 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | 230 | $58,400 | 2 |
| Virginia | Virginia Beach | 70 | $50,610 | 0.5 |
| Washington | Seattle | 1,350 | $63,790 | 5.1 |
| Washington | Spokane | 40 | $61,800 | 1.1 |
| Wisconsin | Green Bay | 50 | $42,500 | 1.7 |
| Wisconsin | Madison | 190 | $49,900 | 3.1 |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 300 | $50,940 | 1.9 |
| Wisconsin | Racine | 40 | $38,700 | 3.1 |
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Recommended Schools for Multimedia Designers
Known schools with online forms to request info on becoming Multimedia Designers. For info from a school, click the school name.
Alabama
Arizona
- Collins College (Phoenix)
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Tech
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
Arkansas
California
- AIU (Los Angeles)
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Technical Institutes
- International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) (Sacramento)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- Los Angeles Film School (Hollywood)
- Platt College
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
- Westwood College
Colorado
- Colorado Technical University
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Technical Institutes
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes (Denver)
- University of Phoenix
- Westwood College (Denver)
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
- Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University (Washington)
- University of Phoenix (Washington)
Florida
- American InterContinental University (Weston)
- DeVry University
- Herzing University (Winter Park)
- ITT Technical Institute
- International Academy of Design and Technology
- Keiser University
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- Rasmussen College
- Southwest Florida College
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
Georgia
- AIU (Buckhead)
- DeVry University
- Herzing University (Atlanta)
- ITT Tech
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
- Westwood College (Atlanta)
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Technical Institute
- International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- Rasmussen College
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
- Westwood College
Indiana
- DeVry University
- Everest College (Merrillville)
- ITT Tech
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes (Indianapolis)
- University of Phoenix
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
- DeVry University (Bethesda)
- ITT Tech (Owings Mills)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Bethesda)
- University of Phoenix
Massachusetts
- Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University (Waltham)
- ITT Technical Institutes
- The Art Institutes (Brookline)
- The Career Institute of American International College
- University of Phoenix
Michigan
- DeVry University (Southfield)
- ITT Technical Institute
- International Academy of Design and Technology (Troy)
- The Art Institutes (Novi)
- University of Phoenix
Minnesota
- DeVry University
- Herzing University (Minneapolis)
- ITT Technical Institutes (Eden Prairie)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Edina)
- Minnesota School of Business
- Rasmussen College
- The Art Institutes (Minneapolis)
- University of Phoenix
Mississippi
Missouri
- Colorado Technical University (North Kansas City)
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Tech
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- University of Phoenix
Nebraska
Nevada
- DeVry University (Henderson)
- Everest College (Henderson)
- ITT Tech
- International Academy of Design and Technology (Henderson)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Henderson)
- The Art Institutes (Henderson)
- University of Phoenix
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- DeVry University
- ITT Technical Institute
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Long Island City)
- The Art Institutes (New York)
North Carolina
- DeVry University
- ECPI College of Technology
- ITT Tech
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
North Dakota
Ohio
- DeVry University
- Herzing University (Toledo)
- ITT Technical Institutes
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes (Cincinnati)
- University of Phoenix
Oklahoma
- DeVry University (Oklahoma City)
- ITT Technical Institutes
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Oklahoma)
- University of Phoenix
Oregon
- DeVry University (Portland)
- Everest College (Portland)
- ITT Technical Institutes (Portland)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Portland)
- The Art Institutes (Portland)
- University of Phoenix
Pennsylvania
- DeVry University
- ITT Technical Institutes
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
South Carolina
- ECPI College of Technology
- ITT Technical Institutes
- The Art Institutes (Charleston)
- University of Phoenix (Columbia)
South Dakota
Tennessee
- DeVry University
- ITT Technical Institute
- International Academy of Design and Technology (Nashville)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes (Nashville)
- University of Phoenix
Texas
- AIU (Houston)
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Technical Institute
- International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) (San Antonio)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
- Westwood College
Utah
- DeVry University (Sandy)
- Everest College (West Valley City)
- ITT Technical Institutes (Murray)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (Sandy)
- Stevens-Henager College
- The Art Institutes (Draper)
- University of Phoenix
Virginia
- DeVry University
- ECPI College of Technology
- Everest College
- ITT Technical Institutes
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes
- University of Phoenix
- Westwood College
Washington
- DeVry University
- Everest College
- ITT Tech
- International Academy of Design and Technology (IADT) (Tukwila)
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- The Art Institutes (Seattle)
- University of Phoenix
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- DeVry University
- Herzing University (Madison)
- ITT Technical Institute
- Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University
- Rasmussen College
- University of Phoenix
Wyoming
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