下面是由USNews发布的2011年美国大学排名中未设立排名的特色艺术学院，是按照字母的顺序排列的。USNews美国大学艺术学院的排名是非常有权威性的，大家可以在申请学校的时候进行适当的参考，以便有更好的选择。
| No. | School | Tuition | Average freshman retention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH |
$22,740 | N/A |
| 2 | Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA |
N/A | 87% |
| 3 | Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA |
N/A | 81% |
| 4 | Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA |
$10,745 | 59% |
| 5 | Boston Conservatory
Boston, MA |
N/A | 74% |
| 6 | California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA |
$35,222 | 73% |
| 7 | California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA |
$36,742 | 78% |
| 8 | Chester College of New England
Chester, NH |
$18,525 | N/A |
| 9 | Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH |
$33,450 | 80% |
| 10 | Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH |
$38,640 | 89% |
| 11 | College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI |
$31,275 | 76% |
| 12 | College of Visual Arts
St. Paul, MN |
$23,988 | 69% |
| 13 | Columbus College of Art and Design
Columbus, OH |
$26,522 | 78% |
| 14 | Corcoran College of Art and Design
Washington, DC |
$29,180 | 69% |
| 15 | Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA |
$29,150 | 67% |
| 16 | Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA |
$2,290 | 100% |
| 17 | Juilliard School
New York, NY |
N/A | 95% |
| 18 | Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO |
$29,866 | 78% |
| 19 | Laguna College of Art and Design
Laguna Beach, CA |
N/A | N/A |
| 20 | Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA |
$29,300 | 82% |
| 21 | Maine College of Art
Portland, ME |
$29,675 | 69% |
| 22 | Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY |
$32,815 | N/A |
| 23 | Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD |
$35,690 | 85% |
| 24 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA |
N/A | 85% |
| 25 | Memphis College of Art
Memphis, TN |
$23,950 | 62% |
| No. | School | Tuition | Average freshman retention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Milwaukee, WI |
$27,302 | 72% |
| 27 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN |
$29,700 | 84% |
| 28 | Montserrat College of Art
Beverly, MA |
$24,900 | 77% |
| 29 | Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA |
$30,410 | 79% |
| 30 | New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA |
$34,950 | 92% |
| 31 | Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA |
$32,900 | 80% |
| 32 | Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR |
$26,926 | 63% |
| 33 | Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY |
$37,090 | 85% |
| 34 | Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI |
$38,295 | 95% |
| 35 | Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL |
$30,128 | 81% |
| 36 | San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA |
$33,364 | 69% |
| 37 | San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA |
$35,180 | 85% |
| 38 | Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA |
N/A | 81% |
| 39 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
$36,120 | 76% |
| 40 | Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, CA |
$27,850 | N/A |
| 41 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston-Salem, NC |
N/A | 79% |
| 42 | University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA |
$32,200 | 78% |
| 43 | VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, IL |
$22,270 | 90% |
