The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s animation program is ranked No. 14 in the South and No. 37 among public schools and colleges in the nation for 2015 by Animation Career Review.
ACR is source of information for prospective animation or game design students. According to its website, it evaluates programs based on:
- academic reputation;
- admission selectivity;
- depth and breadth of a program and faculty;
- value as it relates to tuition and indebtedness; and
- geographic location.
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UL Lafayette is one of three Louisiana universities included in ACR’s top 20 animation schools and colleges in the South. The others are LSU in Baton Rouge and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fla. is ranked No. 1 in the South, followed by Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga.
ACR defines the South as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
UCLA’s animation workshop, created in 1948, is the No. 1 public animation school in the nation, the ACR report shows. The Ohio State University and Texas A&M University have the second- and third-highest ranking of public animation schools in the country, respectively.
APR ranked the top 50 in that category. UL Lafayette, LSU and Southeastern Louisiana University are the only Louisiana universities on the list.