Chicago Art Schools

Campus

Westwood College is an institution of higher learning dedicated to providing quality, career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and credentials needed to launch, enhance, or change careers.

Programs:

  • Associate Degree - Graphic Design
  • Bachelor Degree - Graphic Design: Major in Animation
  • Bachelor Degree - Graphic Design: Major in Visual Communications
  • More

Campus locations:

  • Woodridge
  • Chicago
  • Calumet City
Campus

Career-focused education for real‐world results.

Programs:

  • Bachelor's - Multimedia Design and Development
  • Associate - Web Graphic Design

Campus locations:

  • Chicago
  • Addison
  • Tinley Park
Campus

Earn an online degree that really matters from AIU Online.

Programs:

  • Bachelor's (BFA) - Digital Design
  • Associate's (AABA) - Visual Communication
  • Bachelor's (BFA) - Web Design

Campus locations:

  • Hoffman Estates
Campus

Develop your portfolio at The Art Institutes, and get a competitive advantage.

Programs:

  • Digital Design (D)
  • Graphic Design (BFA)
  • Graphic Design (AAS)
  • More

Campus locations:

  • Tinley Park
  • Schaumburg
  • Chicago
Online

Learning at Full Sail University has always centered around interaction and the exchange of ideas. Our online curriculum fully embraces this philosophy.

Programs:

  • Media Design, Master of Fine Arts (Online)
  • Graphic Design, Bachelor of Science (Online)
  • Computer Animation, Bachelor of Science (Online)
  • More

Campus

Start planning for your future at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Chicago.

Programs:

  • Visual Communications: Multimedia and Web Design
  • Visual Communications: Graphic Design
  • Visual Communications: Video and Animation Production

Campus locations:

  • Chicago
Campus

Earn your degree or diploma on your schedule and succeed at Ashworth College.

Programs:

  • Web Site Design

Campus locations:

  • Norcross

Attending Art School in Chicago

A more practical, hands-on education can be found at the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  The school offers courses in every imaginable discipline relating to the visual arts.  Some courses include jewellery, metals, woods, ceramics, photography, art criticism, fine art, painting, silk screening and sculpture.

Loyola University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts

6525 N Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 274-3000
www.luc.edu/dfpa/
Enrollment:  13000
Faculty:  1100
Programs:  Ceramics, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Art History, Visual Studies
Degrees:  Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Noted Alumni:  Vincent A Mahler, Bill Rancic, Jerry Harkness

DePaul University, Department of Art and Art History

1150 W. Fullerton 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 325-7565
www.depaul.edu/~art/
Enrollment:  23, 560
Faculty:  49
Programs:  Media Arts, Art and Design, Art History, Fine Arts
Degrees:  Bachelor of Fine Arts
Noted Alumni:  Richard M. Daley, Jack Greenberg, James Quinn

Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

350 N LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 595-4900
newbauhaus.id.iit.edu/index.html
Enrollment:  6476
Faculty:  580
Programs:  Communication Design, Product Design, Design Planning
Degrees:  Master of Design, Master of Design Methods, Doctor of Philosophy
Noted Alumni:  Martin Cooper, Rajinder Singh, Phyllis Lambert

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

37 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-3103
(312) 899-5219
www.artic.edu/saic/
Enrollment:  19239
Faculty:  49
Programs:  Art and Technology Studies; Art Education; Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Ceramics; Fiber and Material Studies; Film, Video and New Media; Interior Architecture ; Painting and Drawing; Performance; Photography; Printmedia; Sculpture; Visual Communication; Visual and Critical Studies
Degrees:  Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Interior Architecture, Master of Science, Master of Design, Master of Architecture.
Noted Alumni:  Grant Wood, Orson Welles, Hugh Hefner