The average acceptance rate of Best Painting / Drawing Colleges is 44.89%, a total of 37,541 applicants applied to the schools and 9,597 accepted.
University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 146,272 and California Institute of the Arts had the least number of applicants of 2,004 among Best Painting / Drawing Colleges.
Yale University had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.87% and Virginia Commonwealth University had the highest rate of 92.62%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | 57,517 | 2,227 | 1,554 | 3.87% | 69.78% |
| 2 | Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI | 6,692 | 1,249 | 518 | 18.66% | 41.47% |
| 3 | School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL | 6,626 | 5,133 | 604 | 77.47% | 11.77% |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 60,115 | 2,400 | 1,558 | 3.99% | 64.92% |
| 5 | Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, MD | 3,201 | 2,458 | 255 | 76.79% | 10.37% |
| 6 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | 146,272 | 13,114 | 6,610 | 8.97% | 50.40% |
| 7 | CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY | 32,271 | 17,362 | 2,897 | 53.80% | 16.69% |
| 8 | Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA | 20,954 | 19,408 | 4,190 | 92.62% | 21.59% |
| 9 | California Institute of the ArtsValencia, CA | 2,004 | 648 | 181 | 32.34% | 27.93% |
| 10 | Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 39,754 | 31,966 | 4,857 | 80.41% | 15.19% |
| - | Average | 37,541 | 9,597 | 2,322 | 45% | 33% |