Best Art & Design Schools in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 5,426 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Stanford University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

3. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

4. University of Toronto

For Art & Design

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

9. Harvard University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

10. University of Washington - Seattle

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

11. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

12. Columbia University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

13. Pennsylvania State University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

14. Cornell University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

15. Carnegie Mellon University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

16. University of Texas at Austin

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

18. Ohio State University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

19. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

20. University of British Columbia

For Art & Design

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

21. University of Pennsylvania

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

23. University of Southern California

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

24. New York University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

25. University of Queensland

For Art & Design

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

26. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

28. Yale University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

30. University of Chicago

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

31. University of Sydney

For Art & Design

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

32. Princeton University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

33. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

34. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

35. University of Melbourne

For Art & Design

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

36. University of California-San Diego

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

37. McGill University

For Art & Design

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

41. Tsinghua University

For Art & Design

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

42. University of Alberta

For Art & Design

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

43. University of Arizona

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

44. University of Tokyo

For Art & Design

#3 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

45. University of California - Davis

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

46. Michigan State University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

47. Boston University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

48. University of Utah

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

50. University of Florida

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

51. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

52. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

53. University of New South Wales

For Art & Design

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

55. Catholic University of Leuven

For Art & Design

#9 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

56. University of York

For Art & Design

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

58. University of Bristol

For Art & Design

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

59. University of Virginia

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

61. Monash University

For Art & Design

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

62. University of Amsterdam

For Art & Design

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

63. Tel Aviv University

For Art & Design

#4 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

64. University of Pittsburgh

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

65. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

66. Northwestern University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

67. King's College London

For Art & Design

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

68. Iowa State University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

69. Australian National University

For Art & Design

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

70. University of California - Irvine

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

71. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Art & Design

#5 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

72. Johns Hopkins University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

73. Imperial College London

For Art & Design

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

74. Zhejiang University

For Art & Design

#6 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

77. University of Warwick

For Art & Design

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

78. Duke University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

79. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

80. University of Colorado Boulder

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

81. Purdue University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

82. University of Southampton

For Art & Design

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

83. University of Sao Paulo

For Art & Design

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

84. Durham University

For Art & Design

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

85. Utrecht University

For Art & Design

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

88. University of Calgary

For Art & Design

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

89. Newcastle University

For Art & Design

#23 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
87%
Founded
1963

90. University of Waterloo

For Art & Design

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

91. Simon Fraser University

For Art & Design

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
1965

92. Lancaster University

For Art & Design

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1964

93. University of Iowa

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

94. Delft University of Technology

For Art & Design

#25 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

95. University of Exeter

For Art & Design

#26 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

96. California Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

97. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

98. York University

For Art & Design

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

99. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

100. Washington University in St Louis

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298