2025 Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Industrial Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 94 bachelor's degrees in industrial design to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on industrial design students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of industrial design students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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 colleges for industrial design students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Design in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Product Design

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

62 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Iowa State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial design. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial design from Iowa State University

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

30 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in industrial design. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in industrial design from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Best Industrial Design Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial design colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	0
Minnesota	446	23
Iowa	403	58

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Rankings in Majors Related to Product Design

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Industrial Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	575
Interior Design	244
Visual Communications	225
Commercial & Advertising Art	125
Illustration	76
Game & Interactive Media Design	47
Fashion Design	24

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.