2025 Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in industrial design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #187 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 bachelor's degrees in industrial design during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 full 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

The product design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial design.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Product Design

1

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Massachusetts College of Art and Design if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial design. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public college located in the city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2

Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

34 Annual Graduates

Wentworth Institute of Technology is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial design. WIT is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial design from Wentworth Institute of Technology

Best Industrial Design Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	341	10
Rhode Island	307	0

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	260
Illustration	151
Game & Interactive Media Design	54
Fashion Design	41
Interior Design	35
Other Design & Applied Arts	29
Commercial & Advertising Art	16
Visual Communications	6

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.