If you pursue a degree in graphic design, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #107 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Graphic Design Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 190 degrees in graphic design to qualified students.
The graphic design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Graphic Design rankings. We derive our Best Overall Graphic Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Graphic Design Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of graphic design degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Virginia Commonwealth University if you want to pursue a degree in graphic design. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #240 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 56 graphic design students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in graphic design has to check out Liberty University. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 104 graphic design students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent data year.
Regent University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in graphic design. Regent is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach. This university ranks 20th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 4 graphic design students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent year we have data available.
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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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The graphic design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Graphic Design rankings. We derive our Best Overall Graphic Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
