<p>Virginia,
While all of the schools mentioned by SmallSchools above are great schools, with the exception of Miami University they are all “liberal arts colleges” </p>
<p>That means that, while they offer courses in many subjects, they usually wont offer courses in the three subjects you mentioned: advertising, marketing, and graphic design. For example, at Beloit College, there is an economics degree and some courses in business, but there are no courses in advertising or marketing. The art department occasionally offers a course in graphic design, but it is not offered every semester, and that would be the only course in that area when it is offered. </p>
<p>So, if your main purpose is to attend a college here where you can study marketing, advertising and public relations, you are probably going to need to be somewhat flexible on the size of the college you attend as small liberal arts colleges probably won’t have what you need. Your best chances of finding advertising, marketing, and graphic design is going to be at a University.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you would be OK with coming to America to study other subjects than those three, then liberal arts colleges would be a great choice. </p>
<p>But, if it is important to you to be able to actually take courses in marketing, advertising and graphic design, you are probably going to need to focus on some of the universities on the list which offer more career-focused degrees than those typically available at a liberal arts college. </p>
<p>So, my suggestion would be to go to the websites of the colleges and unviersities on the list and look at their “academics” section – that will tell you whether or not they have courses in those subjects (to be honest, it will be easier to find advertising and marketing, than graphic design).</p>
<p>Looking over the list, here are some of the schools that have strong programs in one or more of the three subjects you’re interested in studying:</p>
<p>San Diego State University
San Jose State University
Ball State University
University of Denver (relatively small)
University of Nebraska
Miami University
Butler University (relatively small)
Loyola U in New Orleans (relatively small)
Creighton University (relatively small)
Clemson
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
St. Edwards University (relatively small)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Chapman University (small)
Marshall University</p>
<p>There are probably others on that list that offer adverstising, marketing or graphic design. As I said, if your goal while in the U.S. is to focus on those three areas, rthen you will need to esearch what is available on each school’s website carefully.</p>
<p>I would also suggest that you check very carefully if there are any pre-requisite courses you will need to have already taken in order to enroll in courses in the three subjects that interest you. At some schools, getting into certain courses can be difficult if you don’t have the pre-requisites. So, after you have identified several universities that interest you, email the relevant departments to ask if this will be the case. It would be a shame to come all the way to the U.S. and then not be able to take the courses that interest you.</p>
<p>Finally, I’d suggest that you go to a local bookstore and buy a travel guide to the U.S. that explains the differences between different parts of the country. You can probably also do some research online to help you understand the differences between what it would be like to attend a school in, say Ohio or Nebraska with one located in California or Texas. It might be helpful for you to also have a map of the U.S. so you can look at where each school is located geographically.</p>