Best Industrial Design Schools 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Best Industrial Design Schools is 46.22%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 24.28%. A total of 215,720 have applied, 99,696 admitted, and 24,209 students have enrolled one of Best Industrial Design Schools.

Carnegie Mellon University is the tightest school to admit with 11.30% acceptance rate, and Rhode Island School of Design has the second lowest acceptance rate of 17.42%.

Best Industrial Design Schools 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA	1,285	912	290	70.97%	31.80%
California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA	2,987	2,261	191	75.69%	8.45%
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	34,261	3,873	1,716	11.30%	44.31%
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	65,189	34,370	8,060	52.72%	23.45%
Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	10,129	5,110	886	50.45%	17.34%
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	5,099	888	481	17.42%	54.17%
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	23,976	16,105	3,202	67.17%	19.88%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	6,075	4,797	651	78.96%	13.57%
School of Visual Arts New York, NY	3,462	3,026	775	87.41%	25.61%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	63,257	28,354	7,957	44.82%	28.06%
Average	21,572	9,970	2,421	46.22%	24.28%

*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Best Industrial Design Schools with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

Carnegie Mellon University 11.30%
Rhode Island School of Design 17.42%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 44.82%
Pratt Institute-Main 50.45%
Ohio State University-Main Campus 52.72%

Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)

Rhode Island School of Design 54.17%
Carnegie Mellon University 44.31%
Art Center College of Design 31.80%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 28.06%
School of Visual Arts 25.61%