<p>I think RISD is definitely more well-known in terms of outside the art community.
But in all honesty, if a person knows anything about art schools, he/she would know of both RISD and Pratt.</p>
<p>I mean, just look at pop culture.
RISD was on The OC, and in Wedding Crashers & Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
But then again, Pratt was on The Office.</p>
<p>It’s like for a liberal arts education: everyone has heard of Harvard& the other Ivies, but if you talk to people who know a lot about LACs, they know places like Swarthmore and Wesleyan are excellent schools as well, and perhaps just as vigorous as the Ivies. Yet, when my brother tells some people that he goes to Wesleyan, often he gets blank stares (despite it being ranked 13th for LACs by US News).</p>
<p>So, in my opinion, the people who matter (i.e. the people who are going to be interviewing you for a career in the arts) are generally going to know about both schools.</p>