2024 Best Visual Communications Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in visual communications, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #239 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for visual communications students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 master's degrees in visual communications during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on visual communications students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of visual communications students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual communications related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for visual communications students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual Communications Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual Communications Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Visual Communications in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for visual communications students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Graphic Arts

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a master's degree in visual communications. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in visual communications from University of Southern California

2

California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

California College of the Arts is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in visual communications. Located in the city of San Francisco, California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in visual communications from California College of the Arts

Best Visual Communications Colleges by State

Explore the best visual communications colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	675	33
Washington	402	3
Oregon	291	0
Nevada	126	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Graphic Arts

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Visual Communications has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Graphic Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Illustration	44
Graphic Design	39
Fashion Design	33
Other Design & Applied Arts	30
Game & Interactive Media Design	25
Industrial Design	7
Interior Design	3

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.