Master of Fine Arts [b](New! Ranked in 2003*) [b]Rank/School Average assessment score (5 = highest) [b]1. Rhode Island School of Design 4.4 [b] School of the Art Institute of Chicago 4.4 [b] Yale University (CT) 4.4 [b]4. California Institute of the Arts 4.1 [b]5. Cranbrook Academy of Art (MI) 4.0 [b]6. Alfred U.--New York State Col. of Ceramics 3.9 [b] Art Center College of Design (CA) 3.9 [b] University of California--Los Angeles 3.9 [b] Virginia Commonwealth University 3.9 [b]10. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.7 [b] School of Visual Arts (NY) 3.7 [b] University of Iowa 3.7 [b]13. Arizona State University 3.6 [b] California College of Arts and Crafts 3.6 [b] Indiana University--Bloomington 3.6 [b] Maryland Institute College of Art 3.6 [b] Pratt Institute (NY) 3.6 [b] Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) 3.6 [b] San Francisco Art Institute 3.6 [b] University of Wisconsin--Madison 3.6 [b]21. Columbia University (NY) 3.5 [b] Massachusetts College of Art 3.5 [b] Temple University (PA) 3.5 [b] University of Georgia 3.5 [b] University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 3.5 [b] University of Texas--Austin 3.5 [b] Washington University in St. Louis 3.5 [b]28. Bard College (NY) 3.4 [b] New School Univ.--Parsons School of Design (NY) 3.4 [b] Ohio State University 3.4 [b] University of California--Davis 3.4 [b] University of Washington 3.4 [b] University of the Arts (PA) 3.4 [b]34. American Film Institute Conservatory (CA) 3.3 [b] Claremont Graduate University (CA) 3.3 [b] Cleveland Institute of Art 3.3 [b] Otis College of Art and Design (CA) 3.3 [b] Rutgers State University--New Brunswick 3.3 [b] Syracuse University (NY) 3.3 [b] University of Arizona 3.3 [b] University of California--Irvine 3.3 [b] University of California--San Diego 3.3 [b] University of Michigan 3.3 [b] University of Pennsylvania 3.3 [b]45. Cornell University (NY) 3.2 [b] Minneapolis College of Art and Design 3.2 [b] New York University 3.2 [b] Southern Illinois University--Carbondale 3.2 [b] Tufts U./School of the Museum of Fine Arts--Boston 3.2 [b] University of California--Berkeley 3.2 [b] University of New Mexico 3.2 [b] University of North Texas 3.2 [b] University of Tennessee--Knoxville 3.2 [b]54. CUNY--Hunter College 3.1 [b] Mills College (CA) 3.1 [b] University of Cincinnati 3.1 [b] University of Colorado--Boulder 3.1 [b] University of Illinois--Chicago 3.1 [b] University of Kansas 3.1 [b] University of Southern California 3.1 [b]61. Boston University 3.0 [b] Florida State University 3.0 [b] Maine College of Art 3.0 [b] Ohio University 3.0 [b] Pennsylvania State University--University Park 3.0 [b] San Diego State University 3.0 [b] San Jose State University (CA) 3.0 [b] Stanford University (CA) 3.0 [b] U. of North Carolina--Chapel Hill 3.0 [b] University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 3.0 [b] University of Texas--San Antonio 3.0 [b] University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee 3.0 [b] West Virginia University 3.0 [b]74. California State University--Long Beach 2.9 [b] Iowa State University 2.9 [b] Kent State University (OH) 2.9 [b] Louisiana State University 2.9 [b] Michigan State University 2.9 [b] Northern Illinois University 2.9 [b] Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2.9 [b] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 2.9 [b] SUNY Col. of Arts and Sci.--New Paltz 2.9 [b] SUNY--Purchase College 2.9 [b] SUNY--Stony Brook 2.9 [b] University of California--Santa Barbara 2.9 [b] University of Florida 2.9 [b] University of Massachusetts--Amherst 2.9 [b] University of Nebraska--Lincoln 2.9 [b] University of Oregon 2.9 [b]90. California State University--Los Angeles 2.8 [b] Clemson University (SC) 2.8 [b] East Carolina University (NC) 2.8 [b] Memphis College of Art 2.8 [b] Miami University--Oxford (OH) 2.8 [b] Northwestern University--Evanston (IL) 2.8 [b] San Francisco State University 2.8 [b] University at Buffalo 2.8 [b] University of Connecticut 2.8 [b] University of Delaware 2.8 [b] University of Houston 2.8 [b] University of Maryland--College Park 2.8 [b] University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth 2.8 [b] University of Nevada--Las Vegas 2.8 [b] University of South Florida 2.8 [b]105. Bennington College (VT) 2.7 [b] Columbia College (IL) 2.7 [b] New York Academy of Art 2.7 [b] Rockport Col. and the Maine Photographic Workshops 2.7 [b] Southern Methodist University (TX) 2.7 [b] Tulane University (LA) 2.7 [b] University of Hartford (CT) 2.7 [b] University of Maryland--Baltimore County 2.7 [b] University of Oklahoma 2.7 [b] Wayne State University (MI) 2.7 [b]115. American University (DC) 2.6 [b] Bowling Green State University (OH) 2.6 [b] CUNY--Queens College 2.6 [b] California State University--Fullerton 2.6 [b] California State University--Northridge 2.6 [b] Georgia State University 2.6 [b] Illinois State University 2.6 [b] Montana State University 2.6 [b] North Carolina State University 2.6 [b] Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville 2.6 [b] Texas Tech University 2.6 [b] University of Kentucky 2.6 [b] University of Notre Dame (IN) 2.6 [b] Washington State University 2.6 [b]129. CUNY--City College 2.5 [b] Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 2.5 [b] George Washington University (DC) 2.5 [b] Kansas State University 2.5 [b] New Mexico State University 2.5 [b] University of Memphis 2.5 [b] University of Miami (FL) 2.5 [b] University of Montana 2.5 [b] Western Michigan University 2.5 [b] Wichita State University (KS) 2.5 [b][b]*This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data [b]from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year. [b][b][b][b][b]