2025 Best Commercial & Advertising Art Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Commercial & Advertising Art is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #77 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Commercial & Advertising Art Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 169 associate degrees in commercial & advertising art during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Commercial & Advertising Art School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of commercial & advertising art for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality commercial and advertising art program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on commercial & advertising art students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other commercial & advertising art students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized commercial & advertising art related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for commercial & advertising art students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Commercial & Advertising Art Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Commercial & Advertising Art Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Commercial & Advertising Art in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in commercial & advertising art.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Commercial and Advertising Art

1

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Des Moines Area Community College is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in commercial & advertising art. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in commercial & advertising art from Des Moines Area Community College

2

Alexandria Technical & Community College
Alexandria, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in commercial & advertising art has to look into Alexandria Technical & Community College. Located in the remote town of Alexandria, ATCC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in commercial & advertising art from Alexandria Technical & Community College

3

Metropolitan Community College
Omaha, NE

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

Metropolitan Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in commercial & advertising art. MCC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Omaha.More information about a associate in commercial & advertising art from Metropolitan Community College

4

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, ND

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in commercial & advertising art needs to look into Bismarck State College. BSC is a small public college located in the city of Bismarck.More information about a associate in commercial & advertising art from Bismarck State College

Best Commercial & Advertising Art Colleges by State

Explore the best commercial & advertising art schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	15
Kansas	275	0
Missouri	210	29
Iowa	200	27
Nebraska	163	55
North Dakota	144	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Commercial and Advertising Art

Commercial & Advertising Art is one of 9 different types of Design & Applied Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Commercial and Advertising Art

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	178
Interior Design	146
Commercial Photography	38
Visual Communications	27
Game & Interactive Media Design	16
Fashion Design	9
Other Design & Applied Arts	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.