A degree in visual communications is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #154 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 97 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of visual communications. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,039 degrees in visual communications annually.
The graphic arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual Communications rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for visual communications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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Best Schools for Visual Communications in the United States
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 graphic arts degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a degree in visual communications. FIDM Los Angeles is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
There were roughly 57 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at FIDM Los Angeles in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in visual communications has to look into Carnegie Mellon University. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.
Syracuse University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in visual communications. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Iowa State University if you want to pursue a degree in visual communications. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 41 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. This university ranks 6th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 68 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 49 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 23 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #29 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 61 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were about 60 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
WWU is a large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 48 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were about 244 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
SFSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Francisco. This university ranks 30th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 80 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at SFSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 5th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 14 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Madison College in the most recent data year.
Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 41 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available.
Rest of the Top Best Visual Communications Schools
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Visual Communications Schools award.
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 graphic arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual Communications rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for visual communications schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
