以下是2012年USNEWS美国大学最佳艺术学院排名，其中罗德岛设计学院稳居第一位，其后为耶鲁大学艺术学院与芝加哥艺术学院。
1 Rhode Island School of Design
2 Yale University耶鲁大学
3 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
4 Cranbrook Academy of Art
4 Maryland Institute College of Art
4 Virginia Commonwealth University
7 California Institute of the Arts
7 Carnegie Mellon University卡内基美隆大学
7 University of California Los Angeles加州大学洛杉机分校
10 Alfred University--New York State College of Ceramics
11 Art Center College of Design
11 California College of the Arts
11 Columbia University哥伦比亚大学
14 Temple University天普大学
15 Bard College
15 Pratt Institute
15 School of Visual Arts
15 University of California San Diego加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校
15 The University of Texas at Austin德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校
15 Washington University in St Louis圣路易斯华盛顿大学
21 CUNY--Hunter College
21 New School--Parsons School of Design
21 Ohio State University
21 Otis College of Art and Design
21 Rochester Institute of Technology罗彻斯特理工学院
#21 University of California Davis加州大学戴维斯分校
21 University of Illinois Urbana Champaign伊利诺伊大学厄本那―香槟分校
21 The University of Iowa爱荷华大学
21 University of Wisconsin Madison威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校
30 Arizona State University亚利桑那州立大学
30 Indiana University,Bloomington印地安那大学伯明顿分校 (Hope)
30 Massachusetts College of Art
30 New York University纽约大学
30 Rutgers University New Brunswick罗格斯大学新伯朗士威校区
30 San Francisco Art Institute
30 University of California Berkeley加州大学伯克利分校
37 Minneapolis College of Art and Design
37 Tufts University塔夫斯大学/School of the Museum of Fine Arts--Boston
37 University of Georgia乔治亚大学
37 University of Illinois--Chicago
37 University of Michigan
37 University of Southern California南加州大学
37 University of the Arts
37 University of Washington华盛顿大学
45 Herron School of Art & Design
45 Stanford University斯坦福大学
45 The University of Arizona亚利桑那大学
45 University of Cincinnati辛辛那提大学
45 University of Pennsylvania宾夕法尼亚大学
50 Claremont Graduate University
#50 Cleveland Institute of Art
50 Cornell University康乃尔大学
50 Penn State University Park宾州州立大学-University Park Campus
50 Syracuse University雪城大学
50 University of Minnesota Twin Cities明尼苏达大学Twin Cities分校
50 University of New Mexico新墨西哥大学
50 The University of Tennessee田纳西大学--Knoxville
58 BOSTON University波士顿大学
58 California State University--Long Beach
58 California State University--Los Angeles
58 Mills College
58 Ohio University俄亥俄大学
58 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
58 Purchase College--SUNY
58 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute伦斯勒理工学院
58 San Diego State University
58 Southern Illinois University Carbondale南伊利诺伊卡本代尔大学
58 University of California Irvine加州大学欧文分校
58 University of California Santa Barbara加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校
58 The University of Chicago芝加哥大学
58 University of Colorado Boulder科罗拉多大学波尔得分校
58 University of Florida佛罗里达大学
58 The University of Kansas堪萨斯大学
58 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校
58 University of North Texas
#76 Columbia College
76 Florida State University佛罗里达州立大学
76 Louisiana State University
76 Northwestern University西北大学
76 University at Buffalo State University of New York纽约州立大学水牛城分校
81 CUNY--Brooklyn College
81 Maine College of Art
81 New York Studio School
81 Northern Illinois University
81 San Jose State University
81 Stony Brook University--SUNY
81 University of Delaware德拉华大学
81 University of Maryland College Park马里兰大学帕克分校
81 University of Massachusetts Amherst马萨诸塞大学Amherst校区
81 University of Nevada--Las Vegas
81 University of Oregon俄勒冈大学
81 University of South Florida南佛罗里达大学
93 Clemson University克莱姆森大学
93 CUNY--City College
93 CUNY--Queens College
93 George Mason University乔治梅森大学
93 Iowa State University爱荷华州立大学
93 San Francisco State University
93 Southern Methodist University南卫理公会大学
93 SUNY--New Paltz
#93 University of Connecticut康涅狄格大学
93 University of Houston休斯顿大学
93 University of Nebraska Lincoln内布拉斯加大学林肯分校
93 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee威斯康辛大学密尔沃基分校
93 West Virginia University西弗吉尼亚大学
106 American University
106 Kent State University
106 Memphis College of Art
106 Miami University
106 New York Academy of Art
106 Tulane University杜兰大学
106 University at Albany--SUNY纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校
106 University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth
106 University of Montana
106 University of Notre Dame圣母大学
106 University of Texas--San Antonio
106 The University of Utah犹他大学
106 Wayne State University韦恩州立大学
119 California State University--Fullerton
119 California State University--Northridge
119 The George Washington University乔治华盛顿大学
119 Georgia State University乔治亚州立大学
119 Kansas State University堪萨斯州立大学
119 Michigan State University密歇根州立大学
119 Montana State University
#119 Texas Tech University
119 University of Hawaii--Manoa
119 University of Maryland--Baltimore County
119 University of Miami迈阿密大学
119 University of North Carolina--Greensboro
119 Utah State University犹他州立大学
119 Vermont College of Fine Arts/union Institute and University
119 Washington State University华盛顿州立大学
134 Bowling Green State University
134 Bradley University
134 Brigham Young University杨百翰大学
134 Colorado State University科罗拉多州立大学
134 East Carolina University
134 Illinois State University
134 Indiana State University
134 James Madison University
134 Lesley University
134 New York School of Interior Design
134 Portland State University
134 Purdue University
134 Savannah College of Art and Design
134 University of Missouri Columbia密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校
134 The University of Oklahoma俄克拉荷马大学
134 University of South Carolina Columbia南卡罗来纳大学哥伦比亚分校