by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Visual Communications is the 154th most popular major in the country with 5,765 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Washington, there were 261 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual communications. That schools that top this list have a program in visual communications in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree graphic arts students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest College of Art & Design landed the #1 spot on the list. NCAD is a small school located in Poulsbo, Washington that handed out 14 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual Communications at Northwest College of Art & Design
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornish College of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Cornish College of the Arts Visual Communications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington list. Seattle Pacific University is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 18 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Seattle Pacific University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington. Western Washington University is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington list. This small school is located in Kirkland, Washington, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Highline College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington list. Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
Whitworth University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington list. This small school is located in Spokane, Washington, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Visual Communications at Whitworth University
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in Washington list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 19 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, 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 93%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Visual Communications Report
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