2025 Best Visual Communications Schools in the Plains States Region
8Colleges in the Plains States Region
396Graphic Arts Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in visual communications, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #154 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual Communications Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 396 degrees in visual communications to qualified students.
Your choice of visual communications school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Visual Communications School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Visual Communications in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the graphic arts degree levels they offer.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual communications. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 41 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
Washington University in St Louis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual communications. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 60 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in visual communications needs to check out University of Kansas. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 83 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in visual communications has to check out Luther College. Located in the remote town of Decorah, Luther is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 9th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 17 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Luther in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 25th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 101 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Minneapolis Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
Maryville U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #319 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Maryville U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Springfield. This university ranks 10th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 43 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.
Bemidji State University is a small public university located in the town of Bemidji. This university ranks 40th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 17 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Bemidji State University 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).
Your choice of visual communications school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Visual Communications School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
