2027 Best Industrial Design Schools in Illinois
Industrial Design is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their industrial design programs.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for industrial design students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Industrial Design in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the industrial design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Industrial Design
Our analysis ranked University Of Illinois At Chicago the best school in the country for a degree in industrial design. Located in the city of Chicago, University Of Illinois At Chicago is a very large public university. The six-year graduation rate is 62%. There were roughly 32 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at University Of Illinois At Chicago in the most recent data year. Graduates of the industrial design program make about $34,377 in their early career. Typical student debt for the program is $25,750.
See the full industrial design program report for University Of Illinois At Chicago
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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 graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
