USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008

Unranked Specialty Schools: Arts

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Art Academy of Cincinnati
	N/A	67% 6	N/A	N/A	10/1	N/A	19-24	95%	N/A
Art Center College of Design(CA)
	89% 8	74% 6	87%	0%	9/1	37%	1109 4	71%	4%
Berklee College of Music(MA)
Boston Architectural College
Boston Conservatory
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Chester College of New England(NH) 12 1
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Music
College for Creative Studies(MI)
College of Visual Arts(MN)
Columbus Col. of Art and Design(OH)
Corcoran College of Art and Design(DC)
Cornish College of the Arts(WA)
Curtis Institute of Music(PA)
Juilliard School(NY)
Kansas City Art Institute(MO)
Laguna Coll. of Art and Design(CA)
Longy School of Music(MA)
Maine College of Art
Manhattan School of Music(NY)
Maryland Institute Col. of Art
Massachusetts College of Art *"
Memphis College of Art
Milwaukee Inst. of Art and Design
Minneapolis Col. of Art and Design
Montserrat College of Art(MA)
Moore Col. of Art and Design(PA)
N.C. School of the Arts *"
New England Cons. of Music(MA) 1
Otis Col. of Art and Design(CA)
Pacific Northwest Col. of Art(OR)
Pratt Institute(NY)
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling College of Art and Design(FL)
San Francisco Art Institute 1
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Savannah Col. of Art and Design(GA)
School of the Art Inst. of Chicago
Southern California Institute of Architecture
University of the Arts(PA)
VanderCook College of Music(IL) 1

• Schools are listed alpabetically and not ranked
• * denotes a public school
• N/A means not available.
1. School refused to fill out U.S. News statistical survey. Data that appear may be from school in previous years or from the National Center for Education Statistics unless otherwise noted.
2. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants.
3. Data not submitted in the form requested by U.S. News.
4. Data reported to U.S. News in previous years.
5. Data based on fewer than 51 percent of enrolled freshmen.
6. Some or all data reported to the NCAA and/or the National Center for Education Statistics.
7. Data reported to the Council for Aid to Education.
8. Average graduation or freshman retention rates, normally based on four years of data, are given here for fewer than four years because school didn't report rates for the most recent year or years to U.S. News.
9. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants, and data not submitted in form requested by U.S. News. Data may be based on fewer than 50 percent of enrolled freshmen.
10. School refused to fill out U.S. News survey. Data from school's website were used.
11. School was reclassified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2006 and appeared in a different category of schools in America's Best Colleges 2007.
12. New to America's Best Colleges rankings or guide this year.
13. Peer assessment score taken from America's Best Colleges 2007.


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