Best Graduate Fine Arts Schools in US 2015

Ranked by US News

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank	School name	Score
#1	Yale University (New Haven, CT, US)	4.5
#2	Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI, US)	4.4
#2	School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, US)	4.4
#4	University of California—Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, US)	4.3
#4	Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA, US)	4.3
#6	California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA, US)	4.2
#7	Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, US)	4.1
#7	Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI, US)	4.1
#7	Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD, US)	4.1
#10	Columbia University (New York, NY, US)	4.0
#11	Alfred University—New York State College of Ceramics (Alfred, NY, US)	3.9
#11	California College of the Arts (San Francisco, CA, US)	3.9
#13	Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, US)	3.8
#13	CUNY—Hunter College (New York, NY, US)	3.8
#13	Temple University (Philadelphia, PA, US)	3.8
#13	University of California—San Diego (La Jolla, CA, US)	3.8
#13	Washington University in St. Louis (Saint Louis, MO, US)	3.8
#18	Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA, US)	3.7
#18	Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, US)	3.7
#18	School of Visual Arts (New York, NY, US)	3.7
#18	University of Wisconsin—Madison (Madison, WI, US)	3.7
#22	Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ, US)	3.6
#22	Massachusetts College of Art (Boston, MA, US)	3.6
#22	University of Georgia (Athens, GA, US)	3.6
#22	University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, US)	3.6
#22	University of Texas—Austin (Austin, TX, US)	3.6
#27	Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles, CA, US)	3.5
#27	Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY, US)	3.5
#27	Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY, US)	3.5
#27	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick (New Brunswick, NJ, US)	3.5
#27	San Francisco Art Institute (San Francisco, CA, US)	3.5
#27	University of California—Davis (Davis, CA, US)	3.5
#27	University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL, US)	3.5
#27	University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, US)	3.5
#27	University of Washington (Seattle, WA, US)	3.5
#36	Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, US)	3.4
#36	Indiana University—Bloomington (Hope) (Bloomington, IN, US)	3.4
#36	Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis, MN, US)	3.4
#36	New School—Parsons School of Design (New York, NY, US)	3.4
#36	Stanford University (Stanford, CA, US)	3.4
#36	Tufts University - School of the Museum of Fine Arts—Boston (Boston, MA, US)	3.4
#36	University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, US)	3.4
#36	University of California—Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, US)	3.4
#36	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA, US)	3.4
#45	Herron School of Art & Design (Indianapolis, IN, US)	3.3
#45	New York University (New York, NY, US)	3.3
#45	Purchase College—SUNY (Purchase, NY, US)	3.3
#45	Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, US)	3.3
#45	University of Illinois—Chicago (Chicago, IL, US)	3.3
#45	University of Minnesota—Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN, US)	3.3
#45	University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, US)	3.3
#45	University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Knoxville, TN, US)	3.3
#53	Columbia College (Chicago, IL, US)	3.2
#53	Ohio University (Athens, OH, US)	3.2
#53	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY, US)	3.2
#53	University of California—Irvine (Irvine, CA, US)	3.2
#53	University of Chicago (Chicago, IL, US)	3.2
#53	University of Colorado—Boulder (Boulder, CO, US)	3.2
#53	University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM, US)	3.2
#53	University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, US)	3.2
#53	University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA, US)	3.2
#62	Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, CA, US)	3.1
#62	Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA, US)	3.1
#62	Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, US)	3.1
#62	Southern Illinois University—Carbondale (Carbondale, IL, US)	3.1
#62	University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH, US)	3.1
#62	University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, US)	3.1
#62	University of Nebraska—Lincoln (Lincoln, NE, US)	3.1
#62	University of North Texas (Denton, TX, US)	3.1
#62	University of Oregon (Eugene, OR, US)	3.1
#62	University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI, US)	3.1
#72	Boston University (Boston, MA, US)	3.0
#72	Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, OH, US)	3.0
#72	Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL, US)	3.0
#72	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA, US)	3.0
#72	San Diego State University (San Diego, CA, US)	3.0
#72	Stony Brook University—SUNY (Stony Brook, NY, US)	3.0
#72	University at Buffalo—SUNY (Buffalo, NY, US)	3.0
#72	University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, US)	3.0
#72	University of South Florida (Tampa, FL, US)	3.0
#72	West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV, US)	3.0
#82	California State University—Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, US)	2.9
#82	Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus, OH, US)	2.9
#82	George Mason University (Fairfax, VA, US)	2.9
#82	Kent State University (Kent, OH, US)	2.9
#82	Mills College (Oakland, CA, US)	2.9
#82	Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL, US)	2.9
#82	San Jose State University (San Jose, CA, US)	2.9
#82	SUNY—New Paltz (New Paltz, NY, US)	2.9
#82	University of California—Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA, US)	2.9
#82	University of Maryland—College Park (College Park, MD, US)	2.9
#82	University of Massachusetts—Dartmouth (North Dartmouth, MA, US)	2.9
#93	California State University—Long Beach (Long Beach, CA, US)	2.8
#93	College for Creative Studies (Detroit, MI, US)	2.8
#93	CUNY—Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY, US)	2.8
#93	CUNY—City College (New York, NY, US)	2.8
#93	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (Edinboro, PA, US)	2.8
#93	Iowa State University (Ames, IA, US)	2.8
#93	James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA, US)	2.8
#93	Memphis College of Art (Memphis, TN, US)	2.8
#93	Miami University (Oxford, OH, US)	2.8
#93	Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI, US)	2.8
#93	Montana State University (Bozeman, MT, US)	2.8
#93	New York Studio School (New York, NY, US)	2.8
#93	San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA, US)	2.8
#93	Tulane University (New Orleans, LA, US)	2.8
#93	University of California—Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA, US)	2.8
#93	University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT, US)	2.8
#93	University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY, US)	2.8
#93	University of Massachusetts—Amherst (Amherst, MA, US)	2.8
#93	University of Nevada—Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, US)	2.8
#93	University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT, US)	2.8
#93	Washington State University (Pullman, WA, US)	2.8