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 4 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for illustration students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 146 degrees in illustration annually.
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The illustration program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Illustration rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Illustration Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Every student pursuing a degree in illustration has to take a look at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public college located in the large city of Boston.
There were roughly 75 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in illustration has to take a look at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were approximately 16 illustration students who graduated with this degree at UMass Dartmouth in the most recent year we have data available.
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Lesley University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in illustration. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
There were approximately 30 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Lesley in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in illustration has to check out Montserrat College of Art. Montserrat College of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Beverly.
There were about 25 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Montserrat 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).
The illustration program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Illustration rankings. 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.
