Industrial Design is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #304 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Industrial Design Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 degrees in industrial design during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for industrial design schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The product design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial Design Schools in Michigan.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the product design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Lawrence Technological University is a good option for students interested in a degree in industrial design. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 7 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Lawrence Tech in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in industrial design needs to look into College for Creative Studies. Located in the large city of Detroit, CCS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 48 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at CCS in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Ferris State University if you want to pursue a degree in industrial design. Ferris is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 16th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 9 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent data year.
Western Michigan University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in industrial design. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #335 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for industrial design schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
