Creating Change
Artists and designers create beautiful things but, mostly, they create change. CCS alumni are changing the world by applying the skills they’ve learned to the most pressing problems of our times. From documenting history in the making to helping keep front-line workers safe, our alumni reenvision and redefine what it means to be creative in the 21st century.
Dominic Batoha
1 IN A MILLION
Alumni Gregory Shamus has photographed some of the most iconic moments in sports history, from the Olympics to Superbowls and The Masters
20+
CCS students and alumni had their work on display throughout downtown Detroit during the 2024 NFL Draft
50K
sleeping bag coats designed by alumna Veronika Scott, Founder and CEO at The Empowerment Plan, distributed to homeless people worldwide
876
student portfolio reviews were provided by industry
partners in 2023/2024
2,202
companies engaged with CCS to recruit students in the 2023/2024 academic school year, 64+ were international companies
Design That Impacts
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Damarcus Holbrook -
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Matthew Dale
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Detroit is a center for art and design. It is ranked the #1 concentration of design occupations among the top 10 largest design markets
SUSTAINABILITY
Our students are leading in sustainability with help from industry partners; from reimagining dishwasher concepts to designing electric vehicles, our students are tackling real-world environmental challenges with innovative solutions
HANDS-ON CAREER
EXPERIENCE
At CCS, it’s important that we provide our students with a holistic, well-rounded experience. Through our experiential learning initiatives, our students receive real-world, hands-on career opportunities before they graduate.
These opportunities come in many forms:
Internships, residencies and fellowships
Global experiences such as study abroad and exchange programs
Entrepreneurship classes
Educational partnerships with external stakeholders like industry and/or community such as sponsored projects and service learning projects
CCS provides students with information about career paths open to artists and designers, schedules on-campus recruitment events, provides one-on-one career coaching sessions and host workshops to support the development of application materials
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rankings labeling CCS as one of the top art and design schools in the nation including Money’s “One of America’s Best Colleges”
$28M
CCS institutional funding in scholarships and grants to help ease the burden of tuition
100+
of CCS and industry connections which ensures the work students create is in line with industry needs and prepares them for their careers
131
for-credit internships that students secured for the 2023/2024 academic year
209+
sponsored research projects took place between 2017–2024
900
students participated in Industry Day events in 2023/2024