Multimedia / Visual Communications

Ranked in 2012, part of Fine Arts

Multimedia and visual communications is an evolving area, and graduate degree programs span video production, interactive design, and journalism instruction. These are the best fine arts schools for multimedia / visual communications.

Rank School name
#1 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

#2 California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

#3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#4 Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

#5 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

#7 University of California–​San Diego

La Jolla, CA

#8 New School–​Parsons School of Design

New York, NY

#8 University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

#10 School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

#11 New York University

New York, NY

#12 Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

#13 Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD

#14 Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

#14 Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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