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Photography Schools in Chicago

2 verified schools with a teaching location here, offering 3 programs. Only actual teaching locations count; online programs are listed separately.

Best Photography Schools: our editorial selection

2 schools

Results are listed alphabetically. There is no price ranking: prices in different currencies and bases (per credit, per term, per year, whole program) are not comparable. Online programs are never counted as physically located in a state or city. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change recognition status, verification or order.

Photography education in Chicago: what the verified records show

Our verified records for Chicago cover 1 college and 1 art school or specialist provider, with 3 photography programs taught at a campus here. Online-only programs are listed separately and are not counted as local.

Degree study: BFA programs at Columbia College Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago; 2 bachelor’s-level programs; 1 master’s-level program.

1 of the listed programs are photography pathways within a broader art or media degree rather than a degree titled photography.

1 program states that a portfolio is required; the rest do not publish a portfolio requirement on the pages we checked, which is not the same as not needing one.

1 of the programs publish a tuition figure, each shown with its own basis (per term, per year, per credit or for the whole program), which is why fees are never ranked against each other.