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2023 Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region

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589 Degrees Awarded
$32,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Illustration is the 249th most popular major in the country with 2,538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 589 illustration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in illustration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality illustration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the illustration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Illustration in the Southeast Region

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John Brown University
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and it awarded 12 ’s illustration degrees in 2020-2021.

JBU also made our “Best Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $21,957 for southeast region illustration students per year to attend JBU.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 111 ’s illustration degrees in 2020-2021.

VCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for VCU is $20,490 for southeast region illustration students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Illustration at Virginia Commonwealth University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region list. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s illustration degrees to 363 students in 2020-2021.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SCAD is $44,632 for southeast region illustration students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design

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Nossi College of Art
Madison, Tennessee

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nossi College of Art landed the #4 spot on the list. Nossi College of Art is a private for-profit institution located in Madison, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Nossi College of Art not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Nossi College of Art is $23,255 for southeast region illustration students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Nossi College of Art Illustration Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ringling College of Art and Design. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region list. Ringling College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sarasota, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 90 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region illustration students list, Ringling College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Illustration Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $51,817 for Southeast Region Illustration students per year to attend Ringling College.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design

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