2025 Best Digital Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in digital arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #143 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for digital arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 233 bachelor's degrees in digital arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Digital Arts School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The art & technology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to digital arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of digital arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized digital arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for digital arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Digital Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Digital Arts in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in digital arts.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Art & Technology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

36 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in digital arts. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from University of Southern California

2

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

101 Annual Graduates

Otis College of Art and Design is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in digital arts. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Otis College of Art and Design

3

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Academy of Art University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in digital arts. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Academy of Art University

4

Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR

15 Annual Graduates

Pacific Northwest College of Art is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in digital arts. Pacific Northwest College of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Portland.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Pacific Northwest College of Art

5

Gnomon
Hollywood, CA

48 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Hollywood, Gnomon is a private for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Gnomon

Best Digital Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best digital arts schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	179
Oregon	343	58

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Rankings in Majors Related to Art & Technology

Digital Arts is one of 1 different types of General Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Art & Technology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts	215

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.