Visual Communications Schools In Maine
Maine has 4 accredited visual communications schools where visual communications faculty who teach visual communications classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in visual communications in the state of Maine, which encompasses visual communications training at the following levels:
- Visual Communications Certificate
- Associates degree in Visual Communications
- Bachelors degree in Visual Communications
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Professional Trends
Maine Vs. National Visual Communications Employment
| Maine | 680 |
| National | 270,000 |
Approximately 0% of the country's visual communications professionals work in Maine state.
Employment Growth for Visual communications professionals In Maine
| 810 | 890 | 970 | 790 | 680 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of visual communications professionals is shrinking in Maine. In Maine, 130 less visual communications professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 16% decline in the field. This decline is faster than the change in the number of visual communications professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of visual communications professionals has grown by 4% from 2006 to 2010.
Visual Communications VS. All Professions salaries in Maine
| $34,075 | $32,703 | $27,358 | $43,168 | $36,640 |
| $40,902 | $42,204 | $44,287 | $45,290 | $46,296 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Visual Communications
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Maine, as the number of visual communications professionals is declining, the salaries earned by visual communications professionals are increasing. In 2006 visual communications professionals made a mean salary of $34,075 per year, and in 2010 they made $36,640 per year.
Salary percentiles for Visual communications professionals in Maine
10th percentile |
$22,000 |
25th percentile |
$26,840 |
50th percentile |
$34,127 |
75th percentile |
$44,023 |
90th percentile |
$52,747 |
This represents a 7% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Maine, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of visual communications. The pay differential between the highest paid visual communications professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 140%
Average Salaries for Visual communications professionals and related professions in Maine
Art |
$47,885 |
Drafting |
$48,025 |
Fashion Design |
$79,620 |
Graphic Design |
$41,680 |
Industrial Design |
$58,070 |
Interior Design |
$58,250 |
Visual Communications |
$36,640 |
Web Design |
$41,680 |
In Maine, visual communications professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Visual Communications programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maine
associate |
2 |
bachelor |
2 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 5 |
As the number of visual communications professionals is decreasing in Maine state, the number of students graduating from the 4 accredited visual communications schools in Maine state is decreasing. In 2006 there were 55 visual communications graduates from visual communications courses in Maine and in 2010 there were 45 graduates.
Thus there was a 18% percent decrease in the number of visual communications school degree or certificate graduates in Maine. Most of these graduates, or 40%, earned an associate's degree in visual communications.