以下是2012年USNEWS美國大學(xué)最佳藝術(shù)學(xué)院排名，其中羅德島設(shè)計學(xué)院穩(wěn)居第一位，其后為耶魯大學(xué)藝術(shù)學(xué)院與芝加哥藝術(shù)學(xué)院。
1 Rhode Island School of Design
2 Yale University耶魯大學(xué)
3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
4 Cranbrook Academy of Art
4 Maryland Institute College of Art
4 Virginia Commonwealth University
7 California Institute of the Arts
7 Carnegie Mellon University卡內(nèi)基美隆大學(xué)
7 University of California Los Angeles加州大學(xué)洛杉機分校
10 Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics
11 Art Center College of Design
11 California College of the Arts
11 Columbia University哥倫比亞大學(xué)
14 Temple University天普大學(xué)
15 Bard College
15 Pratt Institute
15 School of Visual Arts
15 University of California San Diego加利福尼亞大學(xué)圣地亞哥分校
15 The University of Texas at Austin德克薩斯大學(xué)奧斯汀分校
15 Washington University in St Louis圣路易斯華盛頓大學(xué)
21 CUNY--Hunter College
21 New School--Parsons School of Design
21 Ohio State University
21 Otis College of Art and Design
21 Rochester Institute of Technology羅徹斯特理工學(xué)院
#21 University of California Davis加州大學(xué)戴維斯分校
21 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign伊利諾伊大學(xué)厄本那―香檳分校
21 The University of Iowa愛荷華大學(xué)
21 University of Wisconsin Madison威斯康星大學(xué)麥迪遜分校
30 Arizona State University亞利桑那州立大學(xué)
30 Indiana University,Bloomington印地安那大學(xué)伯明頓分校 (Hope)
30 Massachusetts College of Art
30 New York University紐約大學(xué)
30 Rutgers University New Brunswick羅格斯大學(xué)新伯朗士威校區(qū)
30 San Francisco Art Institute
30 University of California Berkeley加州大學(xué)伯克利分校
37 Minneapolis College of Art and Design
37 Tufts University塔夫斯大學(xué)/School of the Museum of Fine Arts--Boston
37 University of Georgia喬治亞大學(xué)
37 University of Illinois--Chicago
37 University of Michigan
37 University of Southern California南加州大學(xué)
37 University of the Arts
37 University of Washington華盛頓大學(xué)
45 Herron School of Art & Design
45 Stanford University斯坦福大學(xué)
45 The University of Arizona亞利桑那大學(xué)
45 University of Cincinnati辛辛那提大學(xué)
45 University of Pennsylvania賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)
50 Claremont Graduate University
#50 Cleveland Institute of Art
50 Cornell University康乃爾大學(xué)
50 Penn State University Park賓州州立大學(xué)-University Park Campus
50 Syracuse University雪城大學(xué)
50 University of Minnesota Twin Cities明尼蘇達大學(xué)Twin Cities分校
50 University of New Mexico新墨西哥大學(xué)
50 The University of Tennessee田納西大學(xué)--Knoxville
58 BOSTON University波士頓大學(xué)
58 California State University--Long Beach
58 California State University--Los Angeles
58 Mills College
58 Ohio University俄亥俄大學(xué)
58 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
58 Purchase College--SUNY
58 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute倫斯勒理工學(xué)院
58 San Diego State University
58 Southern Illinois University Carbondale南伊利諾伊卡本代爾大學(xué)
58 University of California Irvine加州大學(xué)歐文分校
58 University of California Santa Barbara加州大學(xué)圣塔芭芭拉分校
58 The University of Chicago芝加哥大學(xué)
58 University of Colorado Boulder科羅拉多大學(xué)波爾得分校
58 University of Florida佛羅里達大學(xué)
58 The University of Kansas堪薩斯大學(xué)
58 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill北卡羅來納大學(xué)教堂山分校
58 University of North Texas
#76 Columbia College
76 Florida State University佛羅里達州立大學(xué)
76 Louisiana State University
76 Northwestern University西北大學(xué)
76 University at Buffalo State University of New York紐約州立大學(xué)水牛城分校
81 CUNY--Brooklyn College
81 Maine College of Art
81 New York Studio School
81 Northern Illinois University
81 San Jose State University
81 Stony Brook University--SUNY
81 University of Delaware德拉華大學(xué)
81 University of Maryland College Park馬里蘭大學(xué)帕克分校
81 University of Massachusetts Amherst馬薩諸塞大學(xué)Amherst校區(qū)
81 University of Nevada--Las Vegas
81 University of Oregon俄勒岡大學(xué)
81 University of South Florida南佛羅里達大學(xué)
93 Clemson University克萊姆森大學(xué)
93 CUNY--City College
93 CUNY--Queens College
93 George Mason University喬治梅森大學(xué)
93 Iowa State University愛荷華州立大學(xué)
93 San Francisco State University
93 Southern Methodist University南衛(wèi)理公會大學(xué)
93 SUNY--New Paltz
#93 University of Connecticut康涅狄格大學(xué)
93 University of Houston休斯頓大學(xué)
93 University of Nebraska Lincoln內(nèi)布拉斯加大學(xué)林肯分校
93 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee威斯康辛大學(xué)密爾沃基分校
93 West Virginia University西弗吉尼亞大學(xué)
106 American University
106 Kent State University
106 Memphis College of Art
106 Miami University
106 New York Academy of Art
106 Tulane University杜蘭大學(xué)
106 University at Albany--SUNY紐約州立大學(xué)奧爾巴尼分校
106 University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth
106 University of Montana
106 University of Notre Dame圣母大學(xué)
106 University of Texas--San Antonio
106 The University of Utah猶他大學(xué)
106 Wayne State University韋恩州立大學(xué)
119 California State University--Fullerton
119 California State University--Northridge
119 The George Washington University喬治華盛頓大學(xué)
119 Georgia State University喬治亞州立大學(xué)
119 Kansas State University堪薩斯州立大學(xué)
119 Michigan State University密歇根州立大學(xué)
119 Montana State University
#119 Texas Tech University
119 University of Hawaii--Manoa
119 University of Maryland--Baltimore County
119 University of Miami邁阿密大學(xué)
119 University of North Carolina--Greensboro
119 Utah State University猶他州立大學(xué)
119 Vermont College of Fine Arts/union ? Institute and University
119 Washington State University華盛頓州立大學(xué)
134 Bowling Green State University
134 Bradley University
134 Brigham Young University楊百翰大學(xué)
134 Colorado State University科羅拉多州立大學(xué)
134 East Carolina University
134 Illinois State University
134 Indiana State University
134 James Madison University
134 Lesley University
134 New York School of Interior Design
134 Portland State University
134 Purdue University
134 Savannah College of Art and Design
134 University of Missouri Columbia密蘇里大學(xué)哥倫比亞分校
134 The University of Oklahoma俄克拉荷馬大學(xué)
134 University of South Carolina Columbia南卡羅來納大學(xué)哥倫比亞分校
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