Graphic design degree

Shape ideas into visual experiences

With a graphic design degree from Pacific, you’ll go beyond making visuals that shine; you’ll craft compelling messages that connect and inspire. You’ll explore typography, layout and image-making while learning how to solve design challenges with creativity and purpose.

Whether you’re crafting independently or collaborating with a team, you’ll build the artistic and professional skills to thrive in studio, entrepreneurial or corporate settings—ready for a career that’s both creative and rewarding.

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Real-world experience

Each year of your graphic design program, you’ll collaborate on projects with a different Pacific department, such as marketing or engineering, designing tangible products. These partnerships help you build hands-on experience designing for specific products, users or industries while working with diverse teams across campus.

Internship experiences

From flyers and product labels to packaging and more, you'll gain hands-on experience designing for real clients. Pacific students regularly showcase their work on campus and in the community. Many have turned these experiences into summer internships, working with companies including Campus Ink and DreamWorks.

Careers in graphic design

You'll build a portfolio to launch your career as an art director, illustrator, exhibition designer or UI designer. Graphic designers in California have a mean annual income of $80,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pacific graduates are now designing at companies including Amazon, Walmart, Disney and Five Star Bank.

Outstanding student

From Pacific to Disney

Felicity Andrews ’24 turned her passion for design into a dream opportunity—an internship with The Walt Disney Company. Supported by Pacific’s hands-on graphic design program and three internships, she gained the skills and confidence to contribute to global Disney projects. Felicity shares how Pacific helped shape her creative path—and her advice for future designers.

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Our Students at Work

Magazine Illustrations

Emilie Jenkins painting illustration for a magazine article titled, “Food Waste is a Huge Environmental Problem.”

Projects

Engineering and graphic design collaboration

Graphic design and engineering students teamed up to design and market products. Engineering students created the products and business plans, while graphic design students developed names, branding, packaging, ads and presentation materials to bring them to life.

Professor demonstrating silk screen process

Our Students at Work

Singing Hands

Singing Hands interns help disadvantaged minority artisans in China to design and market products based on indigenous techniques and aesthetics. Here, they finish notebooks made by the artisans.

Our Students at Work

Brand Work

Graphic design student Mackenzie Wieland prints a continuous motif she created on portfolio that will hold her work from our Introduction to 2D Design and Color class.

Graphic design minor

Gain a strong foundation in both the principles and hands-on practice of visual communication. You’ll sharpen your creative perspective and graduate with a portfolio that reflects your unique voice. The minor complements other majors such as media arts and production, marketing, communication and computer engineering.

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