2024 Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

a bachelor's degree in industrial design is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #187 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 bachelor's degrees in industrial design to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to industrial design students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other industrial design students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized industrial design related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for industrial design students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Design in Wisconsin

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for industrial design students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Bachelor's in Product Design

1

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

31 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Stout is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in industrial design. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial design from University of Wisconsin - Stout

2

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial design. MIAD is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial design from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Best Industrial Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Industrial Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	76
Ohio	612	132
Illinois	558	80
Indiana	535	9

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Industrial Design Related Rankings by Major

Industrial Design is one of 9 different types of Design & Applied Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Product Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	141
Interior Design	91
Illustration	51
Game & Interactive Media Design	32
Visual Communications	23
Fashion Design	11
Other Design & Applied Arts	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.