What Are the Top Ten Art Universities in USA?

Rhode Island Scool of Design

• U.S. News & World Report ranked Rhode Island School of Design No. 1 in the nation in 2008. Founded in 1877, the private RISD has a student body of 2,200 in addition to 350 faculty and curators. The school is in Providence, also home to Brown University.

  Rhode Island School of Design
  2 College St.
  Providence, RI 02903
  401-454-6300
  risd.edu

Yale University

• Yale University is No. 2 among the nation's art schools, according to U.S. News & World Report. An Ivy League university, Yale's art and art history departments have an excellent reputation.

  Yale University
  1156 Chapel St.
  New Haven, CT 06520
  203-432-2600
  yale.edu

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

• U.S. News & World Report ranks the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the oldest accredited independent schools of art and design in the United States, No. 3. The school is affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the nation's leading museums.

  School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  37 S. Wabash Ave.
  Chicago, IL 60603-3103
  312-629-6100
  saic.edu

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art and Virginia Commonwealth University

• Cranbrook Academy of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art and Virginia Commonwealth University rank No. 4, 5 and 6 respectively, but all received equal scores in U.S. News & World Report's rankings. Virginia Commonwealth University is known for its sculpture department.

  Cranbrook Academy of Art
  39221 Woodward Ave. Box 801
  Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
  248-645-3300
  cranbrookart.edu

  Maryland Institute College of Art
  1300 Mount Royal Avenue
  Baltimore, MD 21217
  410-225-2256
  mica.edu

  Virginia Commonwealth University
  School of the Arts
  325 North Harrison Street Richmond, VA 23284-2519
  866-534-3201
  vcu.edu/arts/

California Institute of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University and UCLA

• California Institute of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, Los Angeles were also tied in U.S. News rankings and come in at No. 7,8 and 9. CalArts is known for its new media, installation and video program.

  California Institute of the Arts
  24700 McBean Parkway
  Valencia, CA 91355
  661-255-1050
  calarts.edu

  Carnegie Mellon University
  5000 Forbes Ave.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
  412-268-2409
  art.cfa.cmu.edu

  University of California--Los Angeles
  Department of Art
  Broad Art Center, Suite 2275
  Los Angeles, CA 90095-1615
  art.ucla.edu
  (310) 825-3281

Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics

• Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics is No. 10 in U.S. News & World Report's rankings for art schools. It is known for its ceramics and crafts departments.

  Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics
  School of Art and Design
  2 Pine St.
  Alfred, NY 14802
  800-541-9229
  nyscc.alfred.edu