2025 Best Photography Schools in the Far Western US Region
8Colleges in the Far Western US Region
336Photography Degrees Awarded
A degree in photography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #310 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 looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Photography Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 336 degrees in photography to qualified students.
Your choice of photography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for photography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Photography Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Photography in the Far Western US Region
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 photography degrees they offer, see the list below.
Academy of Art University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in photography. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 47th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 69 photography students who graduated with this degree at Academy of Art University in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Art Center College of Design if you want to pursue a degree in photography. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Art Center College of Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were roughly 19 photography students who graduated with this degree at Art Center College of Design in the most recent year we have data available.
Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Any student pursuing a degree in photography needs to look into California Institute of the Arts. Located in the large suburb of Valencia, CalArts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were approximately 22 photography students who graduated with this degree at CalArts in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in photography has to look into California College of the Arts. California College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of San Francisco.
There were about 16 photography students who graduated with this degree at California College of the Arts in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #267 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Sac State is a great university overall.
There were about 28 photography students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 66th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 11 photography students who graduated with this degree at Cal Baptist in the most recent data year.
Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #155 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Seattle U is a great university overall.
There were about 2 photography students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Burbank.
There were approximately 25 photography students who graduated with this degree at New York Film Academy in the most recent year we have data available.
Learn to create a striking portfolio and hone the skills you need to succeed in the world of professional photography with this online digital photography degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
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 photography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for photography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
