Graphic design course Fees

It has been always a hot question about the fees structure of graphic design in India or any city in the country. Graphic design is also one of the most popular courses after secondary or higher studies in the country not only for student from arts and commerce but also for house wives, school kids, business owners. This course has multiple structure in terms of course content, course fees, certifications, placements that varies from city to city. Most popular cities for graphic design in India according to Google keyword search results are

Mumbai | Delhi | Bangalore | Pune | Kolkata | Indore | Ahmadabad | Hyderabad

Data derived from Google Keyword Planner

It is quite obvious that learning graphic design from a college can demand higher fees as compared to any training institute for the same course content. There is ample amount of training centers that offer this course however it becomes challenging to find the right one as many classes claim to be the best but not. Graphic design course fees can be well justified by the content or the syllabus of graphic design or the offerings by the institution such as:

• Faculty expertise, exposure and experience
• Placement assurance
• Teaching approach and facilities
• Syllabus off course
• Student flow
• Popularity

Now, let me enlighten the readers about the ideal fees structure for effective graphic design course in India. It can range anywhere between 25,000 to 80,000 or even more at times.

Let’s have a look at some of the institutes structuring the fees as mentioned in the image below:

The fees structure you displayed in the image above looks quite decent if you tend to opt for the complete courser however it seems quite expensive if choose a single software that is CorelDraw in the image that costs Rs.17,219 individually. So, it is pretty obvious to enrol for the complete course to make it pocket friendly moreover to learn graphic design ideally as all design tools are designed differently and has diverse functionalities. I think total fees for graphic design course should be anywhere between 35,000 to 50,000 in any urban Indian city.

I would highly recommend you all to take it slow and easy before enrolling for such course and visit multiple institutions and observe several aspects such as

• Their communication and skills on the graphic design tool.
• Try interacting with the faculty
• Talk to the students (current or ex)
• Duration of the course
• Observe the institutional vibes
• Offers you get with the course
• Refund policies
• Online research about the institute
• Age of the institute
• Check student work
• Read google reviews (it could be user generated to benefit the profile but still helps)

First let’s see what all what all you get for how much you invest in

 Course tools

•  Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• CorelDraw 

These are the basic most design tools one can choose to start with, as there are other tools too for video editing and composing but I think for designing you get enough with above mentioned tools.

Now,

An Ideal course content for graphic design would be:

Things to keep in mind while researching on graphic design course fees.

Institutions claim placements after the completion of course and being a fresher, you end up clicking Rs.15,000 to Rs.22,000 as first salary and that sounds pretty fruitful if the course fees is around 35,000 to 50,000 and time invested is about 3-4 months as it lifts up your new skills and open many career opportunities within just 4 months of duration. Here I am not only talking about jobs and placements but also other significant career option after graphic design like:

Freelance

Number of people explore their hands in freelance opportunities and that’s quite productive if you have good sense of design. Freelance requires design thinking abilities in a designer. To explain this point let’s say you are a graphic designer and have experience of corporate industrial designs and you come across some freelance work by a travel industry that requires totally different font families, colour themes, elemental placements, so if you as a graphic designer are not experienced enough for such industry, you might end up getting less paid projects. So, it is always great to work with versatility. Freelance graphic designers can earn much higher than a fresher of an experienced designer employing in an organisation. The idea of writing about freelance in a totally different blog topic is to enlighten you with the reality of graphic design opportunities with the amount of course fees you pay for a productive graphic design course.

Fees can be a surprise at times 

Now I guess the concept of graphic design fees is almost clear to all the readers, the information above emphasises on fees at institutions, classes or training centers. But now here is what can surprise you with high fees structure for same or somewhat a little more course content due to the brand value specially the colleges of designs like NID (National Institute of Design). But like I suggest it’s better to go with one and small step and identify what is worth doing. Graphic design is a field of:

• creativity
• design thinking
• interest

It elaborates the possibility of this course being less helpful for ones who pay in lakhs and much more fruitful for the ones who pay 40,000 as fees but are rich with creativity, versatility, design thinking and interest.

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