I went to Art Institute for their web design 2 year program. We were never taught programming (had one short class on ASP), just web design (HTML and the like). After I graduated I found finding a web design job with no programming skills was virtually impossible. The only possible way to really make a career out of web design is to start your own "company" and design web sites for people who won't need features that require programming knowledge.
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