Drawing isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #698 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of drawing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 323 degrees in drawing annually.
The drawing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Drawing rankings. We derive our Best Overall Drawing 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Drawing Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 drawing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Pratt Institute - Main is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in drawing. Pratt Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Brooklyn.
There were approximately 18 drawing students who graduated with this degree at Pratt Institute in the most recent data year.
Cleveland Institute of Art is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in drawing. Located in the large city of Cleveland, CIA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 6 drawing students who graduated with this degree at CIA in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgia State University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in drawing. Georgia State is a very large public university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #483 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgia State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 161 drawing students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth if you want to pursue a degree in drawing. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 42nd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.More information about a degree in drawing from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #443 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Oakland is a great university overall.
There were about 8 drawing students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Columbus, CSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 49th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were about 16 drawing students who graduated with this degree at CSU 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).
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