据USNews官方介绍，2015年USNews美国大学研究生摄影专业排名主要参考以下六大因素：1、师生比;2、研究费用;3、录取比率;4、本科平均学分;5、GRE LSAT GMAT平均分;6、毕业即成功就业率。
以下为2015USNews美国大学研究生摄影专业详细排名
| 排名 | 学校 |
|---|---|
| #1 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
| #2 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL |
| #3 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI |
| #4 | California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA |
| #5 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
| #6 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY |
| #6 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY |
| #8 | University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
| #9 | California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA |
| #10 | Columbia College Chicago, IL |
| #11 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
| #12 | Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD |
| #13 | Columbia University New York, NY |
| #13 | Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| #13 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
| #16 | Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |
| #17 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
| #18 | Massachusetts College of Art Boston, MA |
| #18 | Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA |
| #20 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
| #20 | San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA |
| #20 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
