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 designing products that make life better, our alumni reenvision and redefine what it means to be creative in the 21st century.
Dominic Batoha
$34,362
the average scholarship/grant package (money from all sources that does not need to be repaid) awarded to new Fall 2025 students
200+
companies visit CCS every academic year to recruit students through educational partnerships, industry day visits, portfolio reviews and internships
98%
of CCS students receive financial assistance totaling $47 million
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CCS is the only Carnegie Classifications Opportunity College in Michigan with an art and design focus, proving that CCS fosters opportunities for student success
80%
undergraduate job placement rate; 87% knowledge rate
(outcomes represent 265 out of 306 alumni who completed their degree program 1–1.5 years after graduation, an 87% knowledge rate)
Design That Impacts
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Uijung Kim -
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Jeremy Levitt -
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Ashlee Rezin Garcia -
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Jason Wang
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Dave Hardin -
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Michael Maher -
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Matthew Dale -
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Jason Hazelroth -
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Jay Shuster
#1
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
274
companies engaged* with CCS to recruit students in the 2023/2024 academic school year. 70+ were international companies
*Includes educational partnerships, industry day visits, portfolio reviews and internships.
Career Readiness
our alumni are employed by companies, galleries, museums and studios where you want to work, and their CCS education helped get them there
100+
years of industry connections, CCS has which ensures the work students create is in line with industry needs and prepares them for their careers
625
CCS students have been hired as a direct result of recruitment events
207+
sponsored research projects (students working directly with industry artists and designers) took place between 2017–2024
863
students participated in Industry Day events in 2023/2024