The Columbus College of Art and Design

Date: Jan 25 2013
Major: Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc (This Major's Salary over time)
I had a good experience and it lived up to it's heavy workload reputation. While there wasn't much help or connections for jobs, the workload strengthened me to stand on my own two feet in the workforce. I started as a student who couldn't draw to a professional designer who has always been able to find work in my field despite the rough economy and no connections. I was lucky if I ever (even Saturdays) got a 6hr sleep night the entire time I went to CCAD. I worked to support myself financially during that time, and I'm sure most students there (very few come from affluence) could relate. I don't think companies realize how very capable graduates of CCAD are of making something out of nothing; they don't realize how dedicated to professionalism and quality product that graduates of CCAD are. It prepares you for the real world, because the real world gives you zero time and opportunity to be creative. You most often have to make it happen for yourself on sleep deprivation and in financial hardship. And if a college can make you into someone who does that, it's damn good school.