2025 Best Graphic Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

a bachelor's degree in graphic communications is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #99 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Graphic Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 314 bachelor's degrees in graphic communications to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on graphic communications students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other graphic communications students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt graphic communications students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized graphic communications related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for graphic communications students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Graphic Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Graphic Communications in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in graphic communications.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Graphic Communication

1

DePaul University
Chicago, IL

58 Annual Graduates

$19,178 Median Starting Salary

$48,293 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in graphic communications has to look into DePaul University. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the graphic communication program make an average of $19,178 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in graphic communications from DePaul University

2

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL

212 Annual Graduates

$26,309 Median Starting Salary

$39,404 Median Student Debt

Columbia College Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in graphic communications. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago.

Graphic Communications bachelor's degree recipients from Columbia College Chicago earn a boost of approximately $2,833 over the typical earnings of graphic communications majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in graphic communications from Columbia College Chicago

Best Graphic Communications Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Graphic Communications Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	148
Ohio	252	115
Indiana	235	18
Wisconsin	213	40

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Graphic Communications Related Rankings by Major

Graphic Communications is one of 3 different types of Communications Technologies & Support programs to choose from.

Graphic Communication Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects	299
General Graphic Communications	14
Graphic & Printing Equipment Operator, General Production	1

Majors Similar to Graphic Communication

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Audiovisual Communications	27
Other Communication Technology	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Auburn University College of Architecture, Design and Construction. More about our data sources and methodologies.