Rank College name #1 Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI #2 Yale University New Haven, CT #3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL #4 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI #4 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD #4 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA #7 California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA #7 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA #7 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA #10 Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics Alfred, NY #11 Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA #11 California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA #11 Columbia University New York, NY #14 Temple University Philadelphia, PA #15 Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY #15 Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY #15 School of Visual Arts New York, NY #15 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA #15 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX #15 Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO #21 CUNY--Hunter College New York, NY #21 New School--Parsons School of Design New York, NY #21 Ohio State University Columbus, OH #21 Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA #21 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY |