据USNews官方介绍，2015年USNews美国大学研究生平面设计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美国大学研究生平面设计专业详细排名
| 排名 | 学校 |
|---|---|
| #1 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI |
| #2 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
| #3 | Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD |
| #4 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
| #5 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
| #6 | Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| #7 | Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA |
| #7 | California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA |
| #9 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY |
| #10 | New School—Parsons School of Design New York, NY |
| #11 | California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA |
| #12 | Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY |
| #12 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL |
| #14 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN |
