2025 Best Visual Communications Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
138Graphic Arts Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #154 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 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for visual communications students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 138 degrees in visual communications to qualified students.
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. For our Best Overall Visual Communications School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Visual Communications Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Visual Communications in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of graphic arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
College of DuPage is a good choice for students interested in a degree in visual communications. COD is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Glen Ellyn. This college ranks 29th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 39 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at COD in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Elmhurst University if you wish to pursue a degree in visual communications. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Elmhurst. This university ranks 28th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 16 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Elmhurst in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola University Chicago is a great option for students pursuing a degree in visual communications. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago 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 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. For our Best Overall Visual Communications School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
