A degree in illustration is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #249 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for illustration students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 degrees in illustration annually.
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Your choice of illustration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Illustration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Illustration Schools in Ohio list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Translate your creative ideas through concept, design and digital media with a bachelor's in graphic design online from Southern New Hampshire University.
The schools below may not offer all types of illustration degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Columbus College of Art and Design if you wish to pursue a degree in illustration. Located in the large city of Columbus, CCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 56 illustration students who graduated with this degree at CCAD in the most recent data year.
Cleveland Institute of Art is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in illustration. CIA is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.
There were approximately 31 illustration students who graduated with this degree at CIA in the most recent year we have data available.
Translate your creative ideas through concept, design and digital media with a bachelor's in graphic design online from Southern New Hampshire University.
It's hard to beat Art Academy of Cincinnati if you wish to pursue a degree in illustration. AAC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.
There were approximately 11 illustration students who graduated with this degree at AAC in the most recent data year.
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. We derive our Best Overall Illustration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
