Best Top Art, Music, & Design Schools

RankCollege NameTuition & FeesPopulationGraduation RateFinancial AidStudent to Faculty Ratio
1Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA
$5,93015181%100%2 to 1
2The Juilliard School
New York, NY
$52,50097987%76%4 to 1
3Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
$57,5052,57686%42%9 to 1
4San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA
$52,80044271%100%3 to 1
5California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
$55,0561,44472%96%7 to 1
6Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
$57,5995,37071%75%10 to 1
7Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
$52,4601,25269%91%9 to 1
8Design Institute of San Diego
San Diego, CA
$27,87512750%81%9 to 1
9Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
$49,9422,31976%84%8 to 1
10San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA
$46,0647032%85%4 to 1
11Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
$42,37034371%99%8 to 1
12Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
$48,3307,94367%81%10 to 1
13Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Wheeling, IL
$24,800211-51%15 to 1
14College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI
$49,4351,62062%93%10 to 1
15John A Gupton College
Nashville, TN
$11,73519143%65%14 to 1
16University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston Salem, NC
$26,6221,11970%65%6 to 1
17Musicians Institute
Hollywood, CA
$24,79577754%35%5 to 1
18VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, IL
$29,80025265%80%4 to 1
19Newschool of Architecture and Design
San Diego, CA
$30,29137854%75%8 to 1
20California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$54,7061,63065%77%8 to 1
21Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
$40,9601,90774%89%9 to 1
22American Musical and Dramatic Academy
New York, NY
$44,2601,66671%98%7 to 1
23American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York
New York, NY
$38,325181100%100%8 to 1
24Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
$52,5501,04772%81%6 to 1
25Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
$53,8152,14774%98%10 to 1
26Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL
$52,8261,66380%97%12 to 1
27KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts
Dallas, TX
$16,85011790%65%8 to 1
29Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna Beach, CA
$34,60076670%99%8 to 1
30Hussian College-Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
$22,2257174%78%16 to 1
31Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, CA
$50,69052274%89%15 to 1
32The New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
$55,91082783%92%5 to 1
33FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$32,6451,76474%59%18 to 1
35The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
$51,1301,55768%100%8 to 1
36Paier College
Bridgeport, CT
$24,48021363%63%6 to 1
37American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$38,32521764%99%11 to 1
38Nossi College of Art
Nashville, TN
$19,15027081%82%8 to 1
40Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI
$41,14089853%100%11 to 1
41Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
$29,45022858%99%9 to 1
42Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc
Pittsburgh, PA
$26,07019171%35%13 to 1
43Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA
$36,84445551%98%7 to 1
44New York School of Interior Design
New York, NY
$28,58067050%26%12 to 1
45Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
$26,7287,80538%63%14 to 1
46Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus, OH
$38,1501,00060%100%10 to 1
47School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
$46,8004,11174%90%8 to 1
48Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN
$42,56077566%100%9 to 1
49Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH
$46,46058056%98%9 to 1
50Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
$22,14472868%46%5 to 1
51SAE Expression College
Emeryville, CA
$25,67225353%96%15 to 1
52School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$54,5303,55965%90%10 to 1
53Longy School of Music of Bard College
Cambridge, MA
$50,675277-100%3 to 1
54Interior Designers Institute
Newport Beach, CA
$20,25011360%24%10 to 1
55Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR
$45,10048136%98%10 to 1
56Compass College of Film and Media
Grand Rapids, MI
$18,4507478%97%14 to 1
57Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
$39,60515,63671%92%20 to 1
58New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
New York, NY
$36,40024677%100%12 to 1
59Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
$37,39423938%99%9 to 1
60Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
$41,92472662%100%9 to 1
61Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA
$37,85034163%100%12 to 1
62Columbia College Hollywood
Tarzana, CA
$26,17549346%87%14 to 1
63The Modern College of Design
Kettering, OH
$31,00719567%66%9 to 1
64Platt College-San Diego
San Diego, CA
$15,3106482%47%12 to 1
65Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA
$47,99038257%99%8 to 1
66Miami International University of Art & Design-Art Institute Dallas
Dallas, TX
$20,79433120%71%18 to 1
67Visible Music College
Memphis, TN
$20,00019214%53%6 to 1
68AI Miami International University of Art and Design
Miami, FL
$20,79493435%75%11 to 1
69Northwest College of Art & Design
Tacoma, WA
$18,10010338%74%31 to 1
70The Art Institute of Austin
Bastrop, TX
$20,79413028%75%20 to 1
71The Art Institute of Houston
Houston, TX
$20,79438640%65%23 to 1
73Jna Institute of Culinary Arts
Philadelphia, PA
$14,575871%71%3 to 1
74The Art Institute of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
$20,79458621%82%21 to 1
75Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
Dallas, TX
$13,20059573%51%24 to 1
76Culinary Institute Inc
Houston, TX
$17,27930345%54%13 to 1
77International College of Broadcasting
Dayton, OH
$12,4305556%69%8 to 1
78Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
Houston, TX
$15,31327266%42%34 to 1
80Delta College of Arts & Technology
Baton Rouge, LA
$29,80028451%88%14 to 1
81Douglas Education Center
Monessen, PA
$18,35020685%55%12 to 1
82Louisiana Culinary Institute
Baton Rouge, LA
$15,5759375%56%16 to 1
83Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
$42,10017847%100%4 to 1
84Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service
Decatur, GA
$16,93529780%75%30 to 1
85American Academy of Art College
Chicago, IL
$37,67014557%60%6 to 1
86Los Angeles College of Music
Pasadena, CA
$25,65025173%60%5 to 1
87American Conservatory Theater
San Francisco, CA
$30,28524100%14%6 to 1
88Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre
Blue Lake, CA
$17,65013-89%6 to 1
89FINE Mortuary College
Norwood, MA
$20,795102100%45%9 to 1
90Cortiva Institute
Maitland, FL
$15,61622869%55%21 to 1
92Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
Lakewood, CO
$22,6071,84943%66%10 to 1
93Maine College of Art & Design
Portland, ME
$39,83049144%99%9 to 1
94Bucks County School of Beauty Culture Inc
Feasterville, PA
$15,99911397%41%10 to 1
95Clary Sage College
Tulsa, OK
$9,64541875%66%18 to 1
97New York Film Academy
Burbank, CA
$35,5571,26159%68%5 to 1
99Beverly Hills Design Institute
Beverly Hills, CA
$23,22020100%74%5 to 1
100American Film Institute Conservatory
Los Angeles, CA
$62,049430---
102Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
$41,450129---
103Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY
New York, NY
$56,340197---
105New York Academy of Art
New York, NY
-86---
106Delaware College of Art and Design
Wilmington, DE
$29,50010869%83%10 to 1
107Conway School of Landscape Design
Northampton, MA
-18---
108The School of Architecture
Paradise Valley, AZ
$28,5006---
109Sessions College for Professional Design
Tempe, AZ
$12,44026340%43%24 to 1
112American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service
New York, NY
$18,29241263%39%22 to 1
Average$33,0091,03264%77%11 to 1