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Top 5 Animation School Programs in Ohio - 2025 College Rankings

Our 2025 ranking -our fourteenth annual- of the top animation school programs in Ohio. For an explanation of the ranking criteria, click here.

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Art and Protest: Q&A with Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Head of Illustration, David Michael Butler
Completing the Picture: Q&A with Columbus College of Art & Design’s Illustration Chair Mike Laughead
Carving New Territory at Columbus College of Art and Design: Q&A with Game Art & Design Chair Charlotte Belland
Bowling Green State University's Bonnie Mitchell Discusses the Diversity of the Digital Arts Program
Eat, Sleep & Breathe Graphic Design: Q&A with Bowling Green’s Jenn Stucker
Columbus College of Art & Design’s Tom Richner Talks Animation, Teaching and Working in the Industry
Up and Up on Lake Erie: Q&A with Cleveland Institute of Art’s Animation Chair Anthony Scalmato
University of Cincinnati DAAP Professor Ian Bellomy Discusses the Mindset of a Great Graphic Designer & the Importance of Foundational Studies
Miami University is Setting Fire at the NACE: Q&A with Chad Reynolds
Blazing to Compete: Q&A with Troy Chiefari from Ohio Northern University
Esports Program Profile: Miami University Ohio
First Fortnite Varsity Scholarship, Ashland University Leads the Way
List of Ohio Schools with Game Art, Game Design and Game Development Degree Programs
List of Ohio Schools with Animation Degree Programs
List of Ohio Schools with Graphic Design Degree Programs
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Full Sail University

Selected Campus Locations:

Winter Park, FL & Online

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Animation Career Review Rankings:

Top 50 Nationally for Animation (#14) - 2024
Top 50 Nationally for Game Design (#12) - 2024
Top 50 Nationally for Graphic Design (#36) - 2024

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Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indianapolis

Selected Campus Locations:

Indianapolis, Indiana

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Animation Career Review Rankings:

Top 40 Nationally among Public Animation Schools and Colleges (#38) - 2024
Top 25 Animation Schools in Midwest (#18) - 2024
Top 5 Animation School Programs in Indiana (#3) - 2024
Top 25 Animation Bachelor's of Science (BS) Degree Programs in the U.S. (#13) - 2024
Top 25 Nationally among Public Game Design Schools in the U.S. (#25) - 2024
Top 20 Game Design Schools in the Midwest (#9) - 2024

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Central Michigan University

Selected Campus Locations:

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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Animation Career Review Rankings:

Top 5 in Michigan for Animation - 2024 (#4)

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Southern New Hampshire University

Selected Campus Locations:

Online

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Animation Career Review Rankings:

Top 50 Private Graphic Design Schools in the US (#46) - 2024

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CG Spectrum College of Digital Art & Animation

Selected Campus Locations:

Online

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Animation Career Review Rankings:

Top 25 International Animation Training Programs (#18) - 2024

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Ohio Northern University

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The University of Akron

Esports Competition and Course is the Magic Formula: Q&A with Michael Fay from The University of Akron 2019

Tiffin University

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