2025 Best Industrial Design Schools in Illinois

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 looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Industrial Design Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 83 degrees in industrial design to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Industrial Design Schools List

Pick Your Industrial Design Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Industrial Design Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Industrial Design in Illinois

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 Illinois Schools in Product Design

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Product Design Degrees Awarded

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial design. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a degree in industrial design from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Product Design Degrees Awarded

12.1% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in industrial design. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in industrial design from University of Illinois at Chicago

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
Ohio	939	132
Michigan	915	89
Indiana	737	9
Wisconsin	672	44

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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	484
Visual Communications	138
Interior Design	128
Game & Interactive Media Design	109
Fashion Design	69
Illustration	53
Commercial Photography	29
Other Design & Applied Arts	27
Commercial & Advertising Art	23

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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.