2024 Best Visual Communications Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
374Graphic 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.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Plains States Region 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 374 degrees in visual communications during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
Washington University in St Louis is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in visual communications. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 53 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent year we have data available.
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 city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 44 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in visual communications has to check out University of Kansas. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 72 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in visual communications needs to take a look at 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 7th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 11 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Luther in the most recent data year.
Bemidji State University is a small public university located in the remote town of Bemidji. This university ranks 35th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 23 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Bemidji State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Maryville U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #202 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Maryville U is a great university overall.
There were about 9 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 39th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 79 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Minneapolis Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
Missouri State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. This university ranks 11th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 32 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State 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).