2025 Best Industrial Design Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
316Product Design Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in industrial design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #304 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of industrial design. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 316 degrees in industrial design annually.
The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. For our Best Overall Industrial Design School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for Industrial Design in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of product design degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Product Design
Any student who is interested in industrial design has to take a look at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. FIDM Los Angeles is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
There were about 22 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at FIDM Los Angeles in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a good option for students pursuing a degree in industrial design. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in industrial design has to look into Western Washington University. WWU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 12 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent data year.
San Francisco State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in industrial design. SFSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Francisco. A Best Colleges rank of #225 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SFSU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at SFSU in the most recent year we have data available.
CSULB is a fairly large public university located in the city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 34 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent data year.
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).
The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. For our Best Overall Industrial Design School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
