Choosing Your College
Making a decision about which college to attend is pretty much the most stressful aspect of High School.  Informing yourself about the type of schools that make the most sense for your particular personality, and your particular interests is crucial.  If you make decisions about your higher education based upon what you believe others want, you will likely end up feeling a little bit lost.  

Art School is not for everybody.  The courses are rigorous, and the expectations are incredibly high.  Those students who are not good at meeting deadlines, and who are overly sensitive to criticism should avoid it.  For those students who think they have the right work ethic and personality for the challenge of art school should use this list to inform your decision about which one is just right.


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Choosing the Right Art School
Career Track Information from MICA
US News and World Report
Art School Rankings


Fine Arts

#1     Yale University New Haven, CT

#2TieUniversity of California—​Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

#2TieVirginia Commonwealth University  Richmond, VA

#4TieRhode Island School of Design Providence, RI

#4TieSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago  Chicago, IL

#6TieCarnegie Mellon University  Pittsburgh, PA

#6TieColumbia University  New York, NY

#6TieCranbrook Academy of Art  Bloomfield Hills, MI

#9TieAlfred University—​New York State College of Ceramics  Alfred, NY

#9TieCalifornia Institute of the Arts  Valencia, CA

#9TieMaryland Institute College of Art  Baltimore, MD

#12   Washington University in St. Louis  Saint Louis, MO

#13TieBard College  Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

#13TieUniversity of California—​San Diego  La Jolla, CA

#15TieCalifornia College of the Arts  San Francisco, CA

#15TiePratt Institute  Brooklyn, NY

#15TieStanford University  Stanford, CA

#15TieTemple University  Philadelphia, PA

#15TieUniversity of Wisconsin—​Madison  Madison, WI

#20TieArizona State University  Tempe, AZ

#20TieArt Center College of Design  Pasadena, CA

#20TieCUNY—​Hunter College  New York, NY

#20TieRutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick  New Brunswick, NJ

#20TieSchool of Visual Arts  New York, NY

#20TieUniversity of Michigan  Ann Arbor, MI
Graphic Design
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#1     Rhode Island School of Design  Providence, RI

#2     Yale University   New Haven, CT

#3     Maryland Institute College of Art   Baltimore, MD

#4     Cranbrook Academy of Art   Bloomfield Hills, MI

#5TieCalifornia Institute of the Arts   Valencia, CA

#5TieCarnegie Mellon University   Pittsburgh, PA

#7     Virginia Commonwealth University   Richmond, VA
Industrial Design

#18  Art Center College of Design / Pasadena, CA

#11  California College of the Arts - Graduate Program in Fine Arts / San Francisco, CA

#7  Carnegie Mellon University - College of Fine Arts / Pittsburgh , PA

#7  Cranbrook Academy of Art / Bloomfield Hills, MI

#18  Ohio State University - College of the Arts / Columbus, OH

#27  Pratt Institute - School of Art and Design / Brooklyn, NY

#2  Rhode Island School of Design - Master of Fine Arts Program / Providence, RI

#27  Rochester Institute of Technology - College of Imaging Arts & Sciences / Rochester, NY

#18  School of Visual Arts / New York, NY

#2  School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL

#27  University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign - School of Art and Design / Champaign, IL