2025 Best Digital Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you plan on majoring in digital arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #233 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 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Digital Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 356 degrees in digital arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Digital Arts Schools List

Choosing a Great Digital Arts School

Your choice of digital arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Digital Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

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.

Digital Arts Rankings by Degree Level

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 Digital Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Digital Arts 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 art & technology degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in Art & Technology

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In CA

52 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in digital arts has to take a look at University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

There were roughly 52 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in digital arts from University of Southern California

2

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CA

90 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

Otis College of Art and Design is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in digital arts. Otis College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Los Angeles.

There were about 90 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Otis College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Otis College of Art and Design

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Southern New Hampshire University

Associates Degree Type

AA in Digital Photography Program Name

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.

More information about a degree in AA in Digital Photography from Southern New Hampshire University

Related Programs

• BA in Digital Photography
• BA in Game Art & Development
• BA in Graphic Design & Media Arts
• BA in Graphic Design & Media Arts - Web Design

3

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In CA

87 Art & Technology Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in digital arts needs to take a look at Academy of Art University. Academy of Art University is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the city of San Francisco.

There were approximately 87 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Academy of Art University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Academy of Art University

4

Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In OR

35.7% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in digital arts has to check out Pacific Northwest College of Art. Located in the city of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were roughly 14 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Pacific Northwest College of Art in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in digital arts from Pacific Northwest College of Art

5

Gnomon
Hollywood, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In CA

Gnomon is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Hollywood.

There were approximately 29 digital arts students who graduated with this degree at Gnomon in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree 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	999	219
Oregon	587	62
Nevada	354	20

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Digital Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 1 majors within the General Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Digital Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Art & Technology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts	1,010

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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.