2025 Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southwest Region

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 2 schools in the Southwest 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 67 degrees in industrial design annually.

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• Best Overall Industrial Design Schools List

Industrial Design Rankings by Degree Level

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 Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision. 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 the Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in Product Design

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Product Design Degrees Awarded

3.0% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in industrial design. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe.More information about a degree in industrial design from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

University of Houston
Houston, TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Product Design Degrees Awarded

3.2% Growth in Graduates

University of Houston is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in industrial design. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in industrial design from University of Houston

Best Industrial Design Colleges by State

Explore the best industrial design schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	30
Arizona	670	34

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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.

Majors Similar to Product Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	760
Interior Design	697
Visual Communications	648
Commercial & Advertising Art	357
Fashion Design	242
Game & Interactive Media Design	198
Commercial Photography	177
Other Design & Applied Arts	88
Illustration	47

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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.