Best Universities for Graphic Design in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Graphic Design. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 507 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. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Graphic Design

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

2. Carnegie Mellon University

For Graphic Design

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

3. University of Maryland - College Park

For Graphic Design

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

4. University of Washington - Seattle

For Graphic Design

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

5. Pennsylvania State University

For Graphic Design

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

7. University of Queensland

For Graphic Design

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

8. Education University of Hong Kong

For Graphic Design

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1994

9. University of California - Berkeley

For Graphic Design

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

10. University of Kansas

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
86%

11. Florida State University

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

12. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Graphic Design

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

13. University of Alberta

For Graphic Design

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

14. Dublin Institute of Technology

For Graphic Design

#2 in Europe
#1 in Ireland
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

16. Stanford University

For Graphic Design

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

17. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Graphic Design

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

18. Purdue University

For Graphic Design

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

19. University of New South Wales

For Graphic Design

#3 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

20. University of Pittsburgh

For Graphic Design

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

21. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Graphic Design

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

22. University of Southern California

For Graphic Design

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

23. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Graphic Design

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

24. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Graphic Design

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

25. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Graphic Design

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

26. University of Twente

For Graphic Design

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

27. University of Calgary

For Graphic Design

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

28. Beijing Normal University

For Graphic Design

#2 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1902

29. University of Toronto

For Graphic Design

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

31. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$13,432

32. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Graphic Design

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

33. Technical University of Munich

For Graphic Design

#5 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

35. Columbia University

For Graphic Design

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

36. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Graphic Design

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

37. Wuhan University

For Graphic Design

#4 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1893

38. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

39. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Graphic Design

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

40. Utah State University

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

41. University of California - Los Angeles

For Graphic Design

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

43. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Graphic Design

#5 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

44. Harvard University

For Graphic Design

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

46. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Graphic Design

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

47. University of Sydney

For Graphic Design

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

48. Cornell University

For Graphic Design

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

49. Imperial College London

For Graphic Design

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

50. University of Texas at Austin

For Graphic Design

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

51. University of Georgia

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

52. University of Pennsylvania

For Graphic Design

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

54. Iowa State University

For Graphic Design

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

55. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Graphic Design

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

56. Zhejiang University

For Graphic Design

#7 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

57. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Graphic Design

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

58. Delft University of Technology

For Graphic Design

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

59. University of British Columbia

For Graphic Design

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

60. University of California-San Diego

For Graphic Design

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

61. Vienna University of Technology

For Graphic Design

#10 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

62. Simon Fraser University

For Graphic Design

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Founded
1965

64. Durham University

For Graphic Design

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

65. McGill University

For Graphic Design

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

66. University of Oxford

For Graphic Design

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

67. Catholic University of Leuven

For Graphic Design

#14 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

68. George Mason University

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

69. Michigan State University

For Graphic Design

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

70. Dalhousie University

For Graphic Design

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
78%
Enrollment
18,500
Founded
1818

71. Princeton University

For Graphic Design

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

72. San Diego State University

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
38%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$9,026
Enrollment
36,484

73. University of Waterloo

For Graphic Design

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

74. New York University

For Graphic Design

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

76. University of York

For Graphic Design

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

77. Tsinghua University

For Graphic Design

#8 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

78. Monash University

For Graphic Design

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

79. University of Colorado Boulder

For Graphic Design

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

80. King AbdulAziz University

For Graphic Design

#9 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1967

81. Ohio State University

For Graphic Design

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

82. Vanderbilt University

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

83. University of Florida

For Graphic Design

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

84. University of California - Davis

For Graphic Design

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

85. University of Houston

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

86. Aarhus University

For Graphic Design

#17 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

87. University of Virginia

For Graphic Design

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

89. Technical University of Denmark

For Graphic Design

#19 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1829

90. University of Stuttgart

For Graphic Design

#20 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

93. University of Eastern Finland

For Graphic Design

#22 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
15,500
Founded
2010

94. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Graphic Design

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

95. Syracuse University

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,545

96. University at Buffalo

For Graphic Design

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

97. University of Melbourne

For Graphic Design

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

98. University of Utah

For Graphic Design

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

99. University of Tokyo

For Graphic Design

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

100. Free University Amsterdam

For Graphic Design

#23 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880