Rank College name #1 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA #2 California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA #3 Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI #3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL #5 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA #6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY #7 School of Visual Arts New York, NY #7 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA #9 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA #10 New York University New York , NY #10 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY #12 Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA #12 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD #14 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA #15 Yale University New Haven, CT |