2025 Best Illustration Schools in the Southwest Region

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Illustration Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in illustration annually.

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• Best Overall Illustration Schools List

Illustration Rankings by Degree Level

The illustration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Illustration Schools in the Southwest Region. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Illustration in the Southwest 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.

Top Southwest Region Schools in Illustration

1

Collin County Community College District
McKinney, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17.9% Growth in Graduates

Collin County Community College District is a great option for students interested in a degree in illustration. Collin County Community College District is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of McKinney.More information about a degree in illustration from Collin County Community College District

2

Sessions College for Professional Design
Tempe, AZ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in illustration has to take a look at Sessions College for Professional Design. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, Sessions College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in illustration from Sessions College for Professional Design

Best Illustration Colleges by State

Explore the best illustration schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	11
Arizona	670	10
Oklahoma	565	0

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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	760
Interior Design	697
Visual Communications	648
Commercial & Advertising Art	357
Fashion Design	242
Game & Interactive Media Design	198
Commercial Photography	177
Other Design & Applied Arts	88
Industrial Design	67

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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.