Career Opportunities

The graphic communications industry is large and diverse and employs over one million people. This large and ever-changing industry is experiencing a wave of technological advances, which has meant new skills, new job opportunities and new challenges for graphic communication professionals. The program prepares graduates to work in supervision, production and technician positions in printing and publishing industries. Students have the opportunity to develop technical skills in the printing processes of offset lithography, flexography, screenprinting and gravure, while developing management and supervision competencies.

Career Outlook:

The future for people involved in graphic communications is bright. The size and tremendous diversity of the industry provides a wide variety of career opportunities for men and women of all interests, talents and educational levels. With annual sales in excess of $124 billion, the United States produces more print and related works than any other country.

Currently, there are more jobs--- by one estimate as many as 35,000 to 50,000 at all levels of the printing and publishing industry-than there are people to fill those jobs.

Cal U Advantage:

Graduates of the Cal U Graphic Communications Technology program have found positions in print production, customer service, graphic design, printing sales, digital prepress, quality control, estimating, scheduling, finishing and binding, print buying, World Wide Web publishing, product design, marketing, equipment sales and technical service. Opportunities are available with advertising agencies, publishers, commercial printers, manufacturers of equipment and graphic communications suppliers, as well as graphic communications electronic equipment and control systems.

Positions in design, digital prepress, pressroom supervision, production management, customer service, technical service, commercial sales and marketing continue to top the list of human resource needs in the printing production market.

Average starting salaries for graduates with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Graphic Communications Technology from Cal U range from $27,000 to $34,000. The program has a 92% placement rate in recent years.