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Consumer Information Reporting: Graduate Outcomes

MIAD Recent Graduate Employment Information

Graduation Classes of 2017‐2021
Self‐reported data from graduates responding to a survey within one year of their graduation
42% of graduates responding
Below data is separated by MIAD major

Communication Design Major

73% Employed full‐time by a business or organization
10% Employed part‐time by a business or organization
8% Self‐employment (such as independent contractor, freelancer, sole proprietor, art sales/commissions)
10% Unemployed and seeking employment

Illustration Major

58% Employed full‐time by a business or organization
24% Employed part‐time by a business or organization
3% Self‐employment (such as independent contractor, freelancer, sole proprietor, art sales/commissions)
15% Unemployed and seeking employment

Product / Industrial Design Major (2021) / Industrial Design Major (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)

63% Employed full‐time by a business or organization
3% Employed part‐time by a business or organization
21% Self‐employment (such as independent contractor, freelancer, sole proprietor, art sales/commissions)
11% Unemployed and seeking employment

Interior Architecture and Design Major

82% Employed full‐time by a business or organization
7% Self‐employment (such as independent contractor, freelancer, sole proprietor, art sales/commissions)
11% Unemployed and seeking employment

New Studio Practice Major (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018)
Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture Majors (2017)

45% Employed full‐time by a business or organization
13% Employed part‐time by a business or organization
21% Self‐employment (entrepreneur, independent contractor, freelancer, sole proprietor, art sales)
8% Graduate school, artist residency, or additional education
14% Unemployed and seeking employment

Time Based Media Major (2018, 2017)

59% Employed full‐time by a business or organization
42% Employed part‐time by a business or organization

News

Meet Mac Bronnson and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project MENd

Mac Bronnson ’26 (Communication Design) is a President’s (Honor) List student from Milwaukee and a recipient of a 2026 Alumni Thesis Award. MENd – No Bro Left Behind is a men’s mental health app that is not designed as a mental health app.

Meet Cyrill Reyes and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project NECROZOIC

Cyrill Reyes ’26 (Illustration) is a President’s (Honor) List student from the Greater Chicago area. My thesis is game concept art and visual development of the world of NECROZOIC, a prehistoric fantasy that retells the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Meet Bailey Staerkel and 2026 Senior Exhibition Project Stitched Together

Bailey Staerkel ’26 (Fashion and Apparel Design) is a Dean’s List student from Vancouver, Wash., and a recipient of a 2026 Alumni Thesis Award. My thesis, Stitched Together, is an exploration of Gothic horror through fashion, taking classic horror archetypes and reinterpreting them into a collection of fully realized couture looks.

MIAD faculty Yi receives Wisconsin Academy Fellows Award

Multidisciplinary artist, curator, mentor and Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) professor Jason S. Yi has been named a 2026 Fellow of the prestigious Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Yi is one of “16 extraordinary Wisconsinites who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service,” the Academy said in its awards announcement.