Industrial Design
Ranked in 2012, part of Fine Arts
Industrial designers use principles of art and science to make products more effective, aesthetic, and safe. Graduates may find work designing products such as cars and toys. These are the best fine arts schools for industrial design.
| Rank | School name |
|---|---|
| #1 |
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI |
| #2 |
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA |
| #3 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
| #4 |
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| #5 |
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA |
| #5 |
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY |
| #7 |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
| #8 |
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY |
| #8 |
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY |
| #10 |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
| #10 |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |














