2024 Best Illustration Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
267Illustration Degrees Awarded
Illustration is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #249 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of illustration. Combined, these schools handed out 267 degrees in illustration to qualified students.
Your choice of illustration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for illustration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Illustration Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Illustration in the New England Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the illustration degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Massachusetts College of Art and Design if you want to pursue a degree in illustration. Located in the large city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public college with a small student population.
There were about 74 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Rhode Island School of Design if you wish to pursue a degree in illustration. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.
There were roughly 73 illustration students who graduated with this degree at RISD in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth if you want to pursue a degree in illustration. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of North Dartmouth. A Best Colleges rank of #843 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMass Dartmouth is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 illustration students who graduated with this degree at UMass Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in illustration needs to take a look at Lesley University. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #559 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lesley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 30 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Lesley in the most recent data year.
Maine College of Art is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Portland.
There were approximately 8 illustration students who graduated with this degree at Maine College of Art in the most recent year we have data available.
UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford. This university ranks 11th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 27 illustration students who graduated with this degree at UHart in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Henniker, NEC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 12th out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 18 illustration students who graduated with this degree at NEC 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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Your choice of illustration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for illustration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
