Membership Levels

UCDA is an individual-based membership association. Current membership categories, including the annual membership fee, are as follows:

PROFESSIONAL ($245)*
Note that effective 12/09/22, the Associate and the Professional levels were combined.
For those actively involved in the design of communications or design administrators working at educational institutions; and for those actively involved in the design of communications for educational institutions or design firms but do not work at an education institution; and for interested advancement professionals in a related field who are not actively involved in design.

FACULTY ($175)
Design faculty play a critical role in educating and inspiring new designers. In appreciation of the work you do, UCDA offers a discounted membership category for faculty.

CORPORATE ($295)
For individuals who work at commercial firms that serve or support design, education, or a related field.

STUDENT ($50)
Full-time undergraduate or graduate students of design or a related discipline.

RETIRED ($50)
Individuals who have retired and are no longer employed full-time as a designer for institutions of higher education, as a design administrator, or design educator.

*3 or more from one institution Discount
There is a discount $25 off for registering three or more paying members from one institution. (Professional membership only.)

These discounted memberships can be paid for over the phone or by check.

APPLICATIONS:

1. Each person fills out their membership application:

2. Use 3PLUS in the Discount Code field at the bottom of the application.

3. Submit application, but when the payment screen comes up, the user does not pay and closes the browser window.

5. This will create an upaid invoice for that membership.

6. Email the UCDA office to initiate payment.

PAYMENT:

7. PAYMENT OPTION 1: We can email invoices so that you can use them to initiate a purchase order and mail a check.

8. PAYMENT OPTION 2: We can take payment over the phone.