Rhode Island School of Design

Graphic Design is one of the largest departments at the Rhode Island School of Design with over 150 undergraduates exposed to an ocean of opportunities ensuring the students’ strong understanding of design principles, theories of communication, and strategies for proper solving. BFA in Graphic Design is a four-year course offered by RISD along with professional internships during summers and the entire semester. Students design projects on designing books, magazines, UX and websites, film, graphics, and magazines.

Apart from the excellent academics offered by the RISD, the students are also given access and exposure to the RISD museum and libraries which helps them expand their creative practices and connect with the local communities. The college also offers various types of residence facilities as per the comfort and choice of the students and also ensures health and student wellness. The campus also provides a lot of extra-curricular activities especially sports where the students have formed over 73+ clubs of which more than half are dedicated to sports.

Rhode Island School of Design's acceptance rate is 19% thus making it moderately competitive for students to get admission. The university has approximately 2538+ students with 2,090+ UG and 448+ PG students. RISD has approximately 34% international students with an 89% graduation rate. The international students must meet the English Proficiency language requirements.

Different people have different opinions for RISD. Some have a positive opinion which includes university's praise, high rankings and the way they prepare their students for the outside world. Whereas some people raises concerns about the high tuition fee.

Applying to RISD is similar to applying to other universities in the US in that applicants need to submit their credentials electronically using the online methods or mail paper versions of official transcripts, recommendations, and test reports to the RISD Admissions Office however RISD is a specialised art and design school so applicants need to submit artwork, test scores, and essays/statements. RISD has advanced tools and resources for students to use, and the campus hosts some 80,000 artworks. 

Both Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute are Prestigious universities which offers state of the art education to its students, a broad comparison between the two universities is given below:

     *for tuition fees B.Arch. is considered for both universities.

     #Acceptance rate is given as per US News and World Report.

The Rhode Island School of Design look for certain qualities to assess the applications into MBA program, applicants having following qualities are desired: Professional work experience, Academic potential, Proven success working in teams, Cultural diversity or international work or travel experience, Leadership qualities and Effective communication skills.

According to US News and World Report 2024  RISD has an acceptance rate of 19% which means out of every 100 applications only 19 are selected which makes it highly competitive to get selected into the university

The university gives preference to students having higher grades or have exceptional academic or research experience. Hence having higher grades increases your chance of getting selected at Rhode Island School of Design.

Here is the list of all the eligibility criteria to get into Rhode Island School of Design.