Post-Graduation Salary and Career Info

Visual Communication Design MFA

At RIT, you don’t just graduate with a degree, you graduate with the skills and hands-on experience to thrive in your chosen career.

First-Year Full-Time Salary of RIT Visual Communication Design MFA Graduates

^$90,500

Average

^$80,000

Median

RIT publishes full-time salaries, outcome rates, and typical job titles for graduates within six months of graduation. Data is collected annually, and RIT graduate outcomes above are from the class of 2022.

Student Outcomes

100^%

Outcomes Rate for Visual Communication Design MFA

Total percentage of graduates who have entered the workforce, enrolled in full-time graduate study, or are pursuing alternative plans (military service, volunteering, etc.).

70.60^%

Knowledge Rate

Total percentage of graduates for whom RIT has verifiable data, compared to national average knowledge rate of 41% per NACE.

Outcome	% of Students
Employed	91.70%
Full-time Graduate Study	8.30%
Alternative Plans	0%

Typical Job Titles

Cinematographer and Editor; Game Producer; Graphic and UX/UI Designer; Motion Graphic Designer; Product Designer; Senior Visual Designer; UI/UX Designer; User Experience Researcher; User Interface Designer; UX Designer

Select Hiring Partners

Ancestry; Chewy; Designworks, a BMW Group Company; Forbes Media; Kayak; Procter & Gamble (P&G); Proscia Inc; TripAdvisor; Walmart Global Tech; Yahoo; Tencent; Verily Life Sciences; UNION; Spicy Green Book; Rubrik; Partners + Napier; Palo Alto Networks; NetEase Games; Moonraft Innovation Labs; Mindex; MathWorks; LightBox; IKEA; Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation; Elizabeth Hiller Designs; DelMonte Hotel Group; Cosm; CiTi BOCES; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Blue Gem Productions LLC; Anime Boston; AceUp

Learn more about the Visual Communication Design MFA, including curriculum

Co-op and experiential learning options for this program

Career Services Contact

Gretchen Eshleman

Associate Director

585‑475‑5462

geboce@rit.edu