2025 Best Illustration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Illustration is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #153 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for illustration students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 151 bachelor's degrees in illustration to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Illustration School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The illustration bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality illustration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to illustration students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of illustration students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized illustration related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for illustration students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Illustration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 Illustration in Massachusetts

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for illustration students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Illustration

1

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA

91 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Massachusetts College of Art and Design if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in illustration. Located in the large city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in illustration from Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in illustration. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.More information about a bachelor’s in illustration from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

3

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in illustration has to check out Lesley University. Located in the city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in illustration from Lesley University

4

Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA

21 Annual Graduates

Montserrat College of Art is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in illustration. Located in the large suburb of Beverly, Montserrat College of Art is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in illustration from Montserrat College of Art

Best Illustration Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Illustration Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	341	28
Rhode Island	307	73
Maine	281	8
New Hampshire	276	18

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Illustration Related Rankings by Major

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Illustration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Illustration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	260
Game & Interactive Media Design	54
Industrial Design	52
Fashion Design	41
Interior Design	35
Other Design & Applied Arts	29
Commercial & Advertising Art	16
Visual Communications	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). More about our data sources and methodologies.