2025 Best Illustration Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
307Illustration Degrees Awarded
Illustration is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #249 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for illustration students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 307 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for illustration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 New England 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 New England Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the illustration degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts College of Art and Design if you want to pursue a degree in illustration. Located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public college with a small student population.
There were about 75 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Rhode Island School of Design if you want to pursue a degree in illustration. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
There were roughly 89 illustration students who graduated with this degree at RISD in the most recent data year.
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It's difficult to beat University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth if you wish to pursue a degree in illustration. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth. This university ranks 42nd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 16 illustration students who graduated with this degree at UMass Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in illustration needs to take a look at Lesley University. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #528 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Lesley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Lesley in the most recent data year.
UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford. A Best Colleges rank of #662 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UHart is a great university overall.
There were about 34 illustration students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 13th out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 14 illustration students who graduated with this degree at NEC 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for illustration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
