Every button you click, product you buy, or article you read online is the result
of thoughtful web design and development. In a world that runs on digital, the need for skilled web professionals has never been greater, and you can help shape how we shop, learn, connect, and share ideas.
At Harper, you'll gain hands-on experience in front-end website design, back-end web
development, responsive UI/UX layouts, accessibility standards, and interactive media.
You’ll dive into the fast-paced world of web design and development, where creativity
meets technology and user experience drives everything.
Program Highlights
Flexible online and hybrid courses let you learn on your schedule—perfect for balancing
school, work, and life. Check out the upcoming Web Design and Development classes.
Build an online design portfolio with the SBDC program that matches Harper College web programming students with small business owners who
need help building a website.
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Earn a career-ready degree in Web Design and Development
The two-year Associate in Applied Science in Web Design and Development degree program prepares you to launch directly into
a career shaping the future of the web.
With specializations covering website design—wireframing, prototyping, and building
accessible websites to meet client needs—and web development—coding web solutions,
implementing best practices in program design and testing—you can focus your technical
and creative skills to solve real-world challenges:
Want to build even more skills in additional web design and development programs?
Harper College prepares you to transfer to a four-year college or university to continue
your web design and development studies. To learn more, visit Transfer Information or see your advisor.
Web Design and Development certificate programs
Learn valuable and in-demand mobile app and web development skills through an online
certificate program to jumpstart your career. Many certificate courses can be applied
toward a two-year AAS degree in website design or web development through additional
coursework.
Earning an associate degree or professional certificate in web design and development
from Harper College helps students find jobs in the industry as developers, UI/UX
designers, and more. Learn more about the Chicago job market, including salaries,
open positions, top local employers, and more by exploring the career profiles below.
For more detailed information about job outlook, visit Web Design and Development careers.
Web Administrators
Web Administrators
* Data sampled April 2025. Visit the Web Administrators career profile for most current data.
$112,143 Median Salary
3.1% Projected Job Growth (2025-2032)
8 Job Postings
Description:
Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities.
Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.
Core tasks:
Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches
to appropriate personnel.
Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.
Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces,
functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers
or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes.
May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze
web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking.
May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and
maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on
aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content
and links.
Core tasks:
Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate
these strategies with Web sites.
Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers,
to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware
or software issues affecting Web sites.
Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to
improve design quality.
Quick facts:
Web Developers
Web Developers
* Data sampled April 2025. Visit the Web Developers career profile for most current data.
$82,334 Median Salary
4.2% Projected Job Growth (2025-2032)
439 Job Postings
Description:
Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive
web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry
standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance,
scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure
and integrate websites with other computer applications.
Core tasks:
Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.
Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content
creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of
problems.
Select programming languages, design tools, or applications.
Quick facts:
For more information about the Web Design and Development Program at Harper College,
please contact Admissions Outreach at 847.925.6700.
