2024 Best Visual Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Visual Communications is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #115 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Visual Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 62 bachelor's degrees in visual communications to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on visual communications students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other visual communications students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual communications related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual communications students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual Communications Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual Communications Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Visual Communications in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in visual communications.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Graphic Arts

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in visual communications has to look into University of Maryland - Baltimore County. UMBC is a large public university located in the suburb of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in visual communications from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

2

Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Stevenson University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in visual communications. Located in the suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in visual communications from Stevenson University

Best Visual Communications Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Visual Communications Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	333
Pennsylvania	698	117
New Jersey	351	117
District of Columbia	226	1
Delaware	224	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Graphic Arts

Visual Communications is one of 9 different types of Design & Applied Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Illustration	75
Graphic Design	63
Industrial Design	7
Game & Interactive Media Design	7
Commercial & Advertising Art	6
Fashion Design	6
Interior Design	4
Other Design & Applied Arts	2

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.