Top Ranked Art Schools, Colleges & Universities in US, World
RSSThe top ranked art schools in the U.S. are generally art institutes or schools of art and design. A few are located at universities but most are stand-alone institutions and a few specialize in just one medium. These are the top 10 art schools as ranked by US News and World Report's annual college survey:
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Yale
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Maryland Institute College of Art
- Virginia Commonwealth
- California Institute of the Arts
- Carnegie Mellon
- UCLA
- SUNY/Alfred College of Ceramics
That's the best of the best. The rankings for individual art forms include many of these schools, but there are other campuses that stand out for individual disciplines. We list a few here:
Top Painting Schools
- Temple
- Indiana University
- The Art Institutes
Top Photography Schools
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- University of New Mexico
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Arizona State University
Top Multimedia/Visual Communications Schools
- Resselaer Polytechnic Institute
- School of Visual Arts
- New York University
- University of Southern California
- Westwood College
Top Ceramics Schools
- University of Washington
- Louisiana State University
- Ohio State
- Ohio University
Top Graphic Design Schools
- California College of the Arts
- Pratt Institute
- Art Institute of Pittsburgh
- American International University
Top Interior Design Schools
- University of Cincinnati
- New York School of Interior Design
- International Academy of Design and Technology
Top Metals/Jewelry Schools
- San Diego State University
- University of Kansas
- SUNY/New Paltz
- Southern Illinois
