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# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	Providence, RI	137	23%	34% / 66%	42%	$48,404	7	84%	—
2	Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	155	76%	61% / 39%	55%	$76,383	78	94%	—
3	Stanford Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto, CA	27	4%	52% / 48%	7%	$129,548	99	—	—
4	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	35	11%	29% / 71%	20%	$135,376	99	93%	—
5	Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn, NY	91	73%	27% / 73%	44%	$56,324	22	90%	—

Phenomenal placement into design firms, tech giants, and ad shops. You'll get a job; you might even like it.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	108	71%	37% / 63%	6%	$55,834	24	92%	—
2	Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	Savannah, GA	23	83%	22% / 78%	9%	$49,078	19	88%	—
3	The New School New York, NY	New York, NY	284	63%	26% / 74%	44%	$64,129	49	96%	—
4	North Carolina State Raleigh, NC	Raleigh, NC	51	40%	31% / 69%	0%	$62,396	63	97%	—
5	California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA	38	91%	45% / 55%	39%	$51,724	15	86%	—

Solid programs without the prestige tax. Your portfolio still wins; your tuition just hurts less.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Syracuse Syracuse, NY	Syracuse, NY	61	35%	33% / 67%	7%	$63,639	39	94%	—
2	Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, VA	Richmond, VA	108	72%	32% / 68%	6%	$49,452	23	88%	—
3	Drexel Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	65	82%	28% / 72%	3%	$65,977	45	93%	—
4	Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA	Boston, MA	22	77%	36% / 64%	0%	$42,215	9	90%	—
5	Thomas Jefferson Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	21	78%	33% / 67%	10%	$55,794	32	99%	—