School of the Art Institute of Chicago Ranking Badges

School of the Art Institute of Chicago earned 13 ranking badges in the 2026 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 5 in the top 5%, 2 in the top 10% and 3 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #2 of 1,323 in Most Popular for Fine & Studio Arts, a top 1% award.

Key facts

Badges earned: 13 (2026 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 5
Highest placement: #2 of 1,323, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 2
Placements this edition: 56
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking

Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2026. Data as of: July 2026.

How Many Ranking Badges Has School of the Art Institute of Chicago Earned?

School of the Art Institute of Chicago holds 13 ranking badges across 2 fields of study, 8 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The awards below are from the 2026 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Learn more about our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.

Count by Award Level

Award Level	Badges
Top 1%	3
Top 5%	5
Top 10%	2
Top 15%	3
Total	13

What Is School of the Art Institute of Chicago Known For?

School of the Art Institute of Chicago is best known for Visual & Performing Arts: 3 of its 13 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Fine & Studio Arts and Writing Studies.

College Overall

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%
Overall Diversity	✓
Overall Diversity (Great Lakes)		✓
Location Diversity			✓
Location Diversity (Great Lakes)			✓
Location Diversity (Illinois)			✓
Ethnic Diversity		✓
Ethnic Diversity (Great Lakes)			✓
Ethnic Diversity (Illinois)			✓

English Language & Literature

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Writing Studies
Most Popular	✓
Most Focused	✓

Visual & Performing Arts

Ranking	Top 15%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
Most Popular				✓
Fine & Studio Arts
Most Popular				✓
Most Focused				✓

How Does School of the Art Institute of Chicago Rank for Veterans?

School of the Art Institute of Chicago earned no veterans badge in the 2026 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #4,161 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.

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Notes and References

Badges on this page come from rankings grounded in U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition. School of the Art Institute of Chicago appears in 56 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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