Top 20 Best Colleges for Graphic Design

Here is the List of the best graphic design schools. Students who want to be the next graphic designer at Gap in San Francisco first need to study at one of the best graphic design colleges in the nation. These colleges also teach graphic design software with excellence in education and will help students achieve excellence upon graduation.

1. National Institute of Design

The National Institute of Design is India's premier design school in Ahmedabad, India. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, government of India.








2. Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design is a nonprofit, private college located in Pasadena, California.








3. California College of the Arts
California College of the Arts is an art, design, architecture, and writing school founded in 1907. It has campuses in San Francisco and Oakland, and it enrolls approximately 1,500 undergraduates and 500 graduate students.









4. Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It has been ranked among the best art and design universities in the United States.









5. Yale University
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.









6. College for Creative Studies
College for Creative Studies is a private, fully accredited college, that enrolls more than 1,400 students, pursuing Master of Fine Arts degrees in Color and Materials Design, Interaction Design, Interdisciplinary Design and Transportation Design and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Advertising: Copywriting, Advertising: Design, Art Education, Crafts, Entertainment Arts, Fashion Accessories Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, Product Design and Transportation Design.




7. Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a public research university in Columbus, Ohio.











8. University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London is a public research university in London, England. It is the largest university in Europe to specialise in art, design, fashion and the performing arts.




9. Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university in Washington, D.C. It is classified as a research university with high research activity.










10. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design. It is located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois.











11. Columbia University
Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Originally established in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in New York State, as well as one of the country's nine colonial colleges.








12. Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah College of Art and Design, is a private, nonprofit university with locations in Savannah, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, Hong Kong, and Lacoste, France.







13. School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts is a for-profit art and design college located in Manhattan, New York, founded in 1947.












14. Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus College of Art & Design is a private college of art and design located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Originally founded in 1879 as the Columbus Art School, CCAD is one of the oldest private art and design colleges in the United States.

15. Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.










16. Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School for Design is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is one of the seven colleges of The New School.










17. Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private, nonsectarian, non-profit institution of higher learning located in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, with a satellite campus located at 14th Street in Manhattan.










18. Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900.










19. University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, in the U.S. state of Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio.








20. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins, often abbreviated to CSM, is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London.