Graphic Design

Ranked in 2012, part of Fine Arts

Graphic designers are creative professionals who use art and technical skills in a variety of industries including publishing, business, fashion, and advertising. These are the best fine arts schools for graphic design.

Rank School name
#7 Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, CA

#11 California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

#7 California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

#4 Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

#6 Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

#3 Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD

#14 Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, MN

#10 New School–​Parsons School of Design

New York, NY

#12 Pratt Institute

Brooklyn, NY

#1 Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

#12 School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

#9 School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

#5 Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

#2 Yale University

New Haven, CT

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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