Comparison of MICA with RISD

mackinaw
Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:01:36 +0000

At risk of making too much of USNews as a judge of art programs, it may at least be worth noting that as of the last full ratings of MFA programs – which are based on “peer” reputations, and not on any particular scoring system such as is used in undergrad rankings – RISD was ranked overall tied for #1 with Yale and SAIC (with a mean rating of 4.4 on a 5.0 scale), while MICA was ranked tied for #13 (with 7 other schools, and a mean rating of 3.6).

In the enumeration of peer ratings in seven specific fields, RISD was among the top 10 in all seven fields, while MICA was in among the top 10 in two fields. In the two fields in which both RISD and MICA were ranked in the top 10, RISD ranked ahead of MICA (painting, sculpture).