The Art Institute

• The Art Institute is a college devoted to many diverse forms of art, and the school has campuses located in most major cities in the U.S. Many Art Institute campuses offer an associate's degrees in photography. The associate's program usually focuses on improving the students' communication skills and their awareness of the photography business so they can successfully manage clients and acquire entry-level jobs such as production assistant, photographer's assistant and digital retoucher. Courses for the associate's degree typically involve hands-on experience with photography equipment and lectures pertaining to lighting, photojournalism and color management. The Art Institute also offers a bachelor's degree in photography. This program usually enhances the knowledge, technical abilities and creative skills of the students by teaching them how to capture compelling images that most effectively describe the particular moment. Classes also generally emphasize shooting on location and in a studio, lighting, composition, equipment use, color, darkroom techniques and design.
  
  

International Academy of Design and Technology

• The International Academy of Design and Technology offers degrees in photography and has campuses dispersed throughout the U.S. in cities such as Tampa, Orlando, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Sacramento and Seattle. The school offers an Associate of Science in Professional Photography. This program focuses on traditional photographic methods, proper use of industry-standard cameras and significant photographic technical skills. Courses typically provide lessons pertaining to important photography career skills such as advertising, commercial, portrait, wedding and photojournalism techniques. Most campuses for the school also offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Professional Photography degree. This program usually teaches students to shoot photography using diverse styles, to work with imaging software effects to create the appropriate mood and to use creative lighting techniques. The curriculum also covers image capture methods, camera control and media production.
  
  

Academy of Art University

• Located in San Fransisco, California, Academy of Art University is highly respected throughout the nation for training prospective artists to maximize their photography skills and to reach their artistic and professional potential. The school provides bachelor's and master's programs in photography that prepare students to achieve successful careers in areas such as fashion, editorial, advertising, digital, photo journalist, portrait, and documentary photography. The topics addressed in the course curriculum include female and male fashion photography, the history of fashion photography, illustration photography, fine art photography and nature photography. Students can also receive an associate's degree in photography through Academy of Art University, however one can only be obtained by completing the school's on-line associate's program.
  
  

American InterContinental University

• The American Intercontinental University offers a degree for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication with a Concentration in Photography. In addition to on-line programs, American InterContinental also has three ground campuses in the U.S. located in Houston, Atlanta and Weston, Florida. The bachelor's in photography program emphasizes creative problem solving, artistic direction and computer design. The courses for the program enhance the knowledge of the students, while strengthening their creative photographic abilities in different areas of photography, including fashion, advertising and photojournalism.