2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Design and Visual Communications

DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is pretty rare to find an American studying design and visual communications. A typical major awards 6,156 yearly four-year degrees; 2,884 people last year were granted a college degree in design and visual communications, making it the 117th most popular field countrywide. 198 of those students went to a single college, the University of California-Davis. 488 of those alumni went to colleges in California.

It will probably be challenging to root out the right program for you, given that bachelor's degrees in design and visual communications are available at 151 colleges in the United States. In comparison with the typical major, there are 21.3% fewer colleges offering four-year degrees in design and visual communications, making it the 120th most commonly available U.S. major.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While 87% of degrees in design and visual communications last May were four-year degrees; 13% were advanced degrees. Design and visual communications is the 186th most popular advanced degree in the United States, with 436 degrees conferred. To put that in context, design and visual communications is 84% less popular among postgrads than the average subject.

In Total, 3,320 students received a bachelor's or higher in design and visual communications last May.

ONLINE DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS DEGREES

89 of those 3,320 students (2.7%) were granted their degrees fully remotely - 5 undergraduates and 84 postgrads. As you can tell by now, college students majoring in design and visual communications online are quite uncommon. It is currently the 235th most in-demand remote degree, and 99% south of the national average of 481 students per field. For master's or doctor's students, it's ranked 138th, and is 86.4% south of the American average (616).

Savannah College of Art and Design​ granted more online undergraduate degrees in design and visual communications than any other US school (3).

There are 3 institutions nationwide with an entirely remote undergraduate degree in design and visual communications, making it the 120th most broadly available remote US major. 2% of schools furnishing the degree even have an entirely remote option, and roughly 67% of the institutions awarding the degree remotely are private.

If you wish to study design and visual communications remotely, you may want to consider Savannah College of Art and Design, as it has the 20th best design and visual communications program in the United States. It also hands out an additional 18 degrees remotely, so you can try some classes inside another major. Further, there are 598 online undergrad students attending, which is 5% of the enrolled students.

PARTIALLY ONLINE DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS DEGREES

• 641 students last spring were awarded an undergraduate degree in design and visual communications partially online
• Design and visual communications is the 112th most widely available partially online four-year degree around the nation
• Last year, 688 people earned a bachelor's or higher in design and visual communications partially online
• 3.63% of LIM College's​ last undergraduate class studied design and visual communications partially online, higher than any other American institution
• The typical focus is available at approximately 154 schools partially online

IN-PERSON DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS DEGREES

• 2,238 people were awarded a four-year degree in design and visual communications in-person last year
• 13 colleges across the country grant a college degree in design and visual communications in-person
• Last spring, 2,543 people earned a bachelor's or higher in design and visual communications in-person
• 17.24% of Cornish College of the Arts'​ last undergraduate class studied design and visual communications in-person, higher than any other college in America
• Last May, 305 students were conferred grad degrees in design and visual communications entirely in-person
• On average, each subject has roughly 20 entirely in-person undergraduate degree conferring schools