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VISUAL ARTS RANKINGS

CU Denver Visual Arts Programs Receive Top Accolades

Latest Honors

Top Ranked UX Program

Top Ranked Graphic Design Program

CU Denver Digital Design received top honors in the country as top school for User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), and Human Computer Interaction (HCI)from Animation Career Review  in the 2024 Program Rankings!

  • #1 in Colorado among private and public schools
  • #5 among schools in the Southwest

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Top Ranked Animation Program

CU Denver's 3D Graphics & Animation again makes the list of top nationally-ranked animation programs from Animation Career Review in the 2023 Program Rankings!

  • #1 in Colorado among all schools
  • Top 20 Nationally among Public Schools and Colleges 
  • Top 10 in the Southwest
  • Top 50 Nationally among schools offering an Animation related BFA 

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Top 10 Public Illustration Programs

CU Denver's Illustration program received top honors in the country from Animation Career Review in the 2022 Program Rankings!

  • Top 10 Nationally among Public Schools and Colleges (#9, top 15%)
  • #3 in the Southwest
  • #1 Public School in Colorado 

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Top Ranked Graphic Design Program

CU Denver’s Digital Design landed among the top 15% of public universities in the U.S. (#33) according to Animation Career Review. The 2023 program rankings listed CU Denver’s program as:

  • #1 in Colorado among private and public schools
  • #33 nationally among public schools
  • #9 among schools in the Southwest

 

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Top Ranked Animation Program

CU Denver's 3D Graphics & Animation again makes the list of top nationally-ranked animation programs from Animation Career Review in the 2022 Program Rankings!

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Top Ranked Visual Arts Programs

CU Denver's 3D Graphics & Animation and Illustration programs again receive top honors in the country from Animation Career Review in the 2021 Program Rankings!

Check out the stats for the highly ranked CU Denver top-tier academic programs.

  •  #1 in Colorado among Public Schools

  • Top 20 Nationally among Public Schools and Colleges  

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Top Ranked Visual Arts Programs

Illustration and 3D Graphics & Animation are again named top national programs!

3D GRAPHICS & ANIMATION
  • Top 20 Nationally Among Public Schools and Colleges
  • Top Public College Animation Program in Colorado
ILLUSTRATION
  • Top 10 Nationally Among Public Schools and Colleges
  • #1 in Colorado

2020 Honors

TOP 20 PUBLIC ANIMATION PROGRAM IN NATION

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CU Denver's 3D Graphics & Animation Program is named a Top 20 Animation Program in the country among public colleges by Animation Career Review in the 2020 Animation Program Rankings. Check out the stats for the highly ranked CU Denver program:

  • #1 Public College Animation Program in Colorado
  • Top 20 Nationally among Public Schools and Colleges (#19, top 20%)
  • Top 5 in the Southwest region (#5)

 

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NUMBER ONE ILLUSTRATION PROGRAM IN COLORADO

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CU Denver's Illustration Program is named a Top Illustration Program in Colorado by Animation Career Review in the 2020 Illustration Program Rankings. Check out the stats for the highly ranked CU Denver program:

  • #1 in Colorado
  • Top 10 Nationally among Public Schools and Colleges (#7, top 15%)
  • Top 5 in the Southwest region (#2)

 

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Complete ranking information can be found on the Animation Career Review website.

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