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Best Schools for Illustration in Rhode Island
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the illustration degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Illustration
No school ranked higher than Rhode Island School Of Design this year for illustration. Rhode Island School Of Design is a mid-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence. The six-year graduation rate is 89%. About 116 illustration degrees were awarded at Rhode Island School Of Design in the most recent year. Illustration graduates of Rhode Island School Of Design earn a median of $29,489 early in their careers. Rhode Island School Of Design graduates carry a median of $27,000 in student loans.
Read more about the illustration program at Rhode Island School Of Design
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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 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.
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