Eye on Education: Most Influential US Design Schools

In celebration of GDUSA‘s 50th Anniversary we have conducted a multitude of surveys on the state of design. This time around we turn our attention to education.

First off, we asked our readers, “WHAT IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGN SCHOOL OF THE PAST 50 YEARS?”  Their top 10 choices are listed below:

RISD

|1|

 

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

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|2|

School of Visual Arts (SVA)

yale

|3|

Yale School of Art

art center

|4|

Art Center College of Design

pratt

|5|

Pratt Institute

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|6|

Cranbrook Academy of Art

parsons

|7|

Parsons The New School for Design

mica

|8|

MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art)

cooper union

|9|

The Cooper Union

carnegie mellon

|10|

Carnegie Mellon University

We also asked our readers:

WHAT IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGN SCHOOL TODAY?

Here are their responses:

|1|

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

|2|

School of Visual Arts (SVA)

|3|

Art Center College of Design

|4|

Parsons The New School for Design

|5|

Pratt Institute

|6|

MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art)

|7|

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

|8|

Yale School of Art

|9|

California College of the Arts (CCA)

|10|

SCAD

|11|

Carnegie Mellon University

|12|

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

|13|

Minnesota College of Art and Design (MCAD)

|14|

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)

|15|

The Cooper Union

|16|

 

Cranbrook Academy of Art

|17|

Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI)

|18|

 

Tyler School of Art

|19|

Academy of Art University

|20|

 

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

|21|

University of the Arts

|22|

Otis College of Art and Design

|23|

 

The Art Institutes

|24|

Cleveland Institute of Arts (CIA)

|25|

Full Sail University

|26|

College for Creative Studies

|27|

Corcoran College of Art + Design

 

|28|

University of Delaware

|29|

Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Drexel University

|30|

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD)

Also check out:

Highest Honors: Top US Design Schools

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