Media Arts

About
Our cutting-edge Media Arts Program at Highlands University specializes in hybrid learning to give you a solid foundation in several mediums. Our graduates are prepared for exciting professional jobs in graphic design, digital film making, web design, advertising design, exhibit design, digital photography, and other multimedia.

Why pay the high price of private art schools when you can get an exceptional bachelor’s or master’s education in media arts at Highlands with more real-world opportunities? On average, our tuition is one-tenth the price of these private schools.

Job Prospects
We have a great track record for our media arts graduates landing jobs in the design and production world. Our graduates work for employers like Google, Sandia and Los Alamos Labs, Desert Elements Design, and the Portland Museum of Art. The professional, on-the-job experience we offer our students sets our program apart – and pays off.

While you’re in school, you have opportunities for a variety of paid internships to build your experience, portfolio and connections. Our unique cultural technology program prepares our students for jobs in museums and other cultural institutions. And we have the only AmeriCorps cultural technology program in the nation, where you get paid to help bring the latest design technology to museums.

Facilities
We offer state-of-the-art Mac labs with the latest design software. We also have a digital film and animation studio, where our students learn the latest multimedia technology.