Industrial Design Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
For the academic year 2023-2024, at the best colleges in Industrial Design program, total 74,795 undergraduate students have awarded grant aid from federal, state, local, and/or institutes. The average amount of the awarded grant aid is $23,509 where the 2025 average tuition & fees is $54,033. For full-time first time undergraduate students (freshmen), 67%% of students (15,175 students) have awarded federal, state, local and/or institutional grant aid.
- For all undergraduate students, School of the Art Institute of Chicago has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 93% and Rhode Island School of Design has the lowest graduation rate of 35%.
- For all undergraduate students, Carnegie Mellon University has the highest amount of grant aid of $43,489 and Ohio State University-Main Campus has the lowest amount of grant aid of $11,931.
- For first-time full-time students, Rochester Institute of Technology has the highest percent of students awarded grant aid of 99% and Rhode Island School of Design has the lowest graduation rate of 33%.
- For first-time full-time students, Carnegie Mellon University has the highest amount of grant aid of $47,550 and Ohio State University-Main Campus has the lowest amount of grant aid of $11,791.
Industrial Design Best Colleges Financial Aid Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Industrial Design programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College name | Tuition & Fees | All Undergraduate | Full-time First-Time Undergraduate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | Number of Students Awarded Grants | Percent of Students Awarded Grants | Average Amount Grant Aid Awarded | |||
| 71 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI Private, 4 years four-years | $62,688 ($48,470) | 741 | 35% | $34,509 | 159 | 33% | $36,743 |
| 306 | Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $54,170 ($42,008) | 1,441 | 67% | $16,835 | 182 | 66% | $18,219 |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years | $65,636 ($53,910) | 3,379 | 48% | $43,489 | 837 | 49% | $47,550 |
| 1 | Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI Private, 4 years four-years | $44,450 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA Private, 4 years four-years | $60,226 ($47,266) | 1,028 | 90% | $25,076 | 178 | 85% | $29,175 |
| 3 | Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $61,845 ($50,038) | 3,056 | 77% | $24,810 | 668 | 76% | $25,213 |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH Public, 4 years four-years | $40,022 ($13,244) | 28,677 | 62% | $11,931 | 5,109 | 64% | $11,791 |
| 103 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $59,210 ($40,068) | 12,446 | 89% | $27,509 | 3,155 | 99% | $31,931 |
| 686 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | $51,400 ($38,000) | 2,016 | 57% | $16,271 | 424 | 55% | $16,664 |
| 4 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | $54,623 ($47,420) | 2,606 | 93% | $18,069 | 621 | 96% | $18,872 |
| 78 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL Public, 4 years four-years | $40,096 ($18,267) | 19,405 | 55% | $16,592 | 3,842 | 48% | $17,524 |
| Average | $54,033 | 74,795 | 67% | $23,509 | 15,175 | 67% | $25,368 | |