2024 Best Visual Communications Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
100Graphic Arts Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #154 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 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of visual communications. Combined, these schools handed out 100 degrees in visual communications to qualified students.
The graphic arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual Communications rankings. For our Best Overall Visual Communications School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Visual Communications Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Visual Communications in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of graphic arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in visual communications has to look into Northwestern University. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 6 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in visual communications has to look into University of Illinois at Chicago. UIC is a very large public university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 1 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in visual communications needs to take a look at DePaul University. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 5 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
Loyola University Chicago is a great option for students pursuing a degree in visual communications. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 14 visual communications students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
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).