2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in California

If you plan on getting your master's degree in visual communications, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #258 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for visual communications students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 51 master's degrees in visual communications during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Visual Communications School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in graphic arts matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in California ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for visual communications, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for visual communications.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Visual Communications in California

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in visual communications.

Most Well Attended Schools for Graphic Arts Students Working on Their Master's

1

California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

44 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

California College of the Arts is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in visual communications. California College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of San Francisco. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in visual communications in California.

There were about 44 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at California College of the Arts in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in visual communications from California College of the Arts

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

7 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Southern California is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in visual communications. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in visual communications in California.

There were about 7 visual communications individuals who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in visual communications from University of Southern California

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

University of California - Berkeley is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in visual communications. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. More information about a master’s in visual communications from University of California - Berkeley

Best Visual Communications Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual Communications Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	408	11
Oregon	282	4

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Visual Communications Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Graphic Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Illustration	56
Fashion Design	46
Graphic Design	40
Game & Interactive Media Design	36
Other Design & Applied Arts	12

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.