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Career Success at Otis College of Art and Design

 

EMPLOYMENT RATE, CLASS OF 2021
88%

of recent graduates are employed or in graduate school within one year of graduation

JOBS RELATED TO ART AND DESIGN
92%

of recent graduates who reported obtaining a job are working within the field of art or design

JOB ACQUISITION
81%

recent graduates who reported having obtained a job did so within six months of graduation

TIME FRAME OF JOB ACQUISITION
  • 31% Before graduation
  • 29% Within 3 months post-graduation
  • 21% Within 4–6 months post-graduation
  • 19% Over 6 months post-graduation
PREPARED FOR THE WORKING WORLD
98%

indicated Otis College prepared them for the professional world

AVG. REPORTED STARTING ANNUAL SALARY*
$53,019
RECENT EMPLOYERS
  • Blizzard Entertainment
  • Coach
  • Colosseum Athletics
  • David Naman
  • DreamWorks
  • ESMoA
  • Faraday Future
  • GrandSon
  • Gruen Associates
  • GUESS
  • Halon Entertainment
  • Hamagami/Carroll Inc.
  • Hammer Museum
  • Hoedemaker Pfeiffer
  • Hook
  • Invisible Thread
  • Jazwares
  • Jeffrey Campbell
  • Jonathan Louis
  • Mad Engine
  • Mattel
  • Merlin Entertainments
  • MOCA
  • MOCEAN
  • Moose Toys
  • NBC Universal
  • Noirtainment
  • ODK Media
  • Phoenix Labs
  • Pocket Worlds
  • REALHYPE
  • reDiscover Center
  • REVOLVE
  • Riot Society
  • Select World
  • Signing Animation
  • Spin Master
  • The Wende Museum
  • Tiffany & Co.
  • URBN
  • Veneto Luce
  • Western Jet Aviation

* Reported salaries under $30K are assumed to include freelance and contract payments, artists’ incomes, and other partial incomes, rather than a full report of an alum’s total annual income and are removed from the overall average.

Career outcome indicators are a result of a combination of respondents who completed the 2021 Alumnx Career Survey and secondary sources of data collection, which resulted in a knowledge rate of 74%.

Download our 2021 Career Outcomes One Sheet here!