Top American Design Schools

Top Industrial Design School

• According to the most recent "U.S. News & World Report" rankings of industrial design schools (2008), the Art Center College of Design (ACCD) is the No. 1 program in the United States. Industrial designers design products that consumers purchase. ACCD offers a two-year Master of Science in Industrial Design degree. The program is designed in such a way that the curriculum emphasizes industrial design theory, entrepreneurship and the creation of designs that are "human-centered." Courses of study within the program include studies in visualization, materials and methods, strategic design studio, entrepreneurial methodology, system design research and design investigations.

  Art Center College of Design

  Graduate Art Program

  1700 Lida Street

  Pasadena, CA 91103

  626-396-2373

  artcenter.edu

Top Interior Design School

• The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is generally considered to be one of the top fine arts schools in the world. The interior design program at RISD is no exception. RISD topped the 2008 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings list for interior design for its Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interior Architecture and its Master of Interior Architecture degrees. Potential courses of study in interior architectural design include the following: Intro to Computing for Interior Architecture, Building Materials Exploration, Structures for Interior Architecture, Introduction to Lighting, Drawing for Interior Architecture, Codes for Interior Architecture and Color for Interiors.

  Rhode Island School of Design

  Master of Fine Arts Program

  2 College Street

  Providence, RI 02903

  401-454-6300

  risd.edu

Top Architectural Design School

• Harvard University's Graduate School of Design is home to the nation's graduate architectural design program. According to the 2008 rankings published by "Architect" magazine, Harvard's graduate architecture program ranked first among all programs nationwide for the fifth straight year (Harvard has no undergraduate architecture program). Harvard's graduate program offers students an opportunity to pursue a Master of Arts (MA) en route to a Ph.D. in the field of architectural research. In addition to this research track, Harvard also offers various design degrees such as the Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) and the Doctor of Design.

  Harvard University

  Graduate School of Design

  48 Quincy Street, Gund Hall

  Cambridge, MA 02138

  617-495-5453

  gsd.harvard.edu