2025 Best Illustration Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
354Illustration Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in illustration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #249 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for illustration students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 354 degrees in illustration to qualified students.
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Your choice of illustration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Illustration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Illustration Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Illustration in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the illustration degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat Art Center College of Design if you want to pursue a degree in illustration. Located in the city of Pasadena, Art Center College of Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 149 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Art Center College of Design in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in illustration has to take a look at California College of the Arts. California College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of San Francisco.
There were about 32 illustration students who graduated with this degree at California College of the Arts in the most recent year we have data available.
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Academy of Art University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in illustration. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #349 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Academy of Art University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 85 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Academy of Art University in the most recent data year.
Laguna College of Art and Design is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in illustration. Located in the rural area of Laguna Beach, LCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 35 illustration students who graduated with this degree at LCAD in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 12 illustration students who graduated with this degree at GFU in the most recent data year.
Pacific Northwest College of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Portland.
There were roughly 23 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Pacific Northwest College of Art in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of illustration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Illustration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
