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ARTISTS!!! If you plan on attending an art school make sure that it is NASAD accreditied. Many public schools will not let you teach after graduating if you do not have a NASAD degree.

Schools listed as NASAD Accredited  have been evaluated and accredited using the standards and guidelines adopted by The National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD), as of May 2008. For more information about NASAD and accreditation visit http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp?page=FAQ%203. 

 

Alabama

 

Auburn University  (NASAD accredited)
Department of Industrial Design
Auburn, AL 36849
334.844-2364
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head: Clark Lundell, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Shea Tillman, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Arizona

 

Arizona State University  (NASAD accredited)
College of Design
Tempe
, AZ 85287

480.965.8696
Degrees offered: BS, BA, MS, PhD  Department Head: Lauren McDermott, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Prasad Boradkar, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://www.asu.edu/clubs/idsa

 

California

 


Art Center College of Design  (NASAD accredited)
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.396.2200
Degrees offered: BS Product Design, MS Industrial Design
Department Head: Karen Hofmann, IDSA  
Student Chapter Advisor: Karen Hofmann, IDSA 
Student Chapter website:

 

California College of the Arts  (NASAD accredited)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415.703.9500
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Yves Béhar, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Kiersten Muenchinger, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

California State University - Long Beach   (NASAD accredited)
Department of Design
Long Beach, CA 90840
562.985.5089
Degrees offered: BS, MA
Department Head: Mike Kammermeyer
Student Chapter Advisor: David Teubner, IDSA/Jose Rivera-Chang, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Otis College of Art and Design   (NASAD accredited)

Los Angeles, CA 90045

800.527.6847

Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Michael Kollins, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

San Francisco State University   (NASAD accredited)
Department of Design
San Francisco, CA 94132
415.338.2229
Degrees offered: BA, MA, MFA
Department Head: Ricardo Gomes, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Martin Linder, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

San Jose State University  (NASAD accredited)
School of Art & Design
San Jose, CA 95192
408.924.4371
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: John McClusky, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: John McClusky, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Colorado

 

Metropolitan State College of Denver  (NASAD accredited)
Denver, CO 80217
303.556.3219
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: John Schmidt
Student Chapter Advisor: Ted Shin, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Connecticut

 

University of Bridgeport   (NASAD accredited)
Department of Industrial Design 
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203.576.4222
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: Richard Yelle, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Richard Yelle, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Georgia

 

Georgia Institute of Technology  (NASAD accredited)
School of Architecture/ ID Program
Atlanta, GA 30332
404.894.4874
Degrees offered: BS, MID
Department Head: Abir Mullick, IDSA, Professor and Director Industrial Design
Student Chapter Advisor: Kevin Shankwiler, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://idsa.gatech.edu/

 


Illinois

 

 Southern Illinois University  (NASAD accredited)
School of Art and Design
Carbondale, IL 62901
618.453.4313
Degrees offered: BA, BFA
Department Head: Steve Belletire, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Steve Belletire, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago  (NASAD accredited)
Chicago, IL 60603
312.629.6650
Degree Offered: BFA, MFA, Masters of Design
Department Head: Helen Maria Nugent
Student Chapter Advisor: Bruce Tharp, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

University of Illinois-Chicago   (NASAD accredited)
Chicago, IL 60607
312.996.3337
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Stephanie Munson Tharp
Student Chapter Advisor: Stephen Melamed, IDSA

Student Chapter website: http://www.uicid.com/

 

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign   (NASAD accredited)
School of Art/Design
Champaign
, IL 61820

217.265.0873
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: William Bullock, FIDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: William Bullock, FIDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Indiana

 

Purdue University  (NASAD accredited)
Division of Art & Design
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765.494.2295
Degrees offered: BA, MFA, IDE
Department Head: Steve Visser, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Steve Visser, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

University of Notre Dame   (NASAD accredited)
Department of Art, Art History & Design
Notre Dame, IN 46556
219.631.7602
Degrees offered: BA, BFA, MFA
Department Head: Paul Down, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Paul Down, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Kansas

 

University of Kansas   (NASAD accredited)
Art & Design Building

Lawrence, KS 66045
785.864.4401
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA, MA 
Department Chair: Gregory Thomas, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Gregory Thomas, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Louisiana

 

University of Louisana-Lafayette  (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Program
Lafayette, LA 70504
337.482.6225
Degrees offered: BID

Department Head: Robert McKinney
Student Chapter Advisor: Brooke Davis, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Massachusetts

 

Massachusetts College of Art  (NASAD accredited)
Boston, MA 02115
617.879.7653
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: James Read, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: James Read, IDSA
Student Chapter website: Lindsey Bender

 

Wentworth Institute of Technology  (NASAD accredited)
Department of Design & Facilities
Boston, MA 02115
617.989.4050
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: Rachel Pike
Student Chapter Advisor: Jeffrey Michael, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Michigan

 

College for Creative Studies  (NASAD accredited)
Detroit, MI 48202
313.664.7630
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Bryon Fitzpatrick, I/IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Stephen Schock, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Cranbrook Academy of Art   (NASAD accredited)
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
248.645.3300
Degrees offered: MFA 3D Design
Department Head: Scott Klinker, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Scott Klinker, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Kendall College of Art & Design   (NASAD accredited)
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
800.676.2787
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Thomas Edwards, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Thomas Edwards, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

University of Michigan  (NASAD accredited)
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.764.0397
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Shaun Jackson, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Shaun Jackson, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Western Michigan University  (NASAD accredited)
Dept. of Industrial Design
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269.387.6515
Degrees offered: BS
Department Chair: Dr. James Nelson
Student Chapter Advisor: Stephen Mesik, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

New Jersey

 

Kean University  (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Program
Union, NJ 07083
908.737.4430  
Degrees Offered: BID
Department Head: Dr. Timothy Riegle
Student Chapter Advisor: Matt Johnson, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Montclair State University  (NASAD accredited)
School of the Arts
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973.655.5104  
Degrees offered: BA, BFA, MA, MFA
Department Head: Daryl Moore
Student Chapter Advisor: Denis Feigler, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

New York

 

Parsons School of Design   (NASAD accredited)
New York, NY 10011
212.229.5885
Degrees offered: BFA Product Design
Department Head: Tony Whitfield 
 

Pratt Institute   (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Department
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718.636.3631
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Mathew Burger, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Rochester Institute of Technology   (NASAD accredited)
CIAS/School of Design, Department of Industrial Design
Rochester, NY 14623-6603
716.475.2668
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Stan Rickel
Student Chapter Advisor: Alan G. Reddig, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Syracuse University   (NASAD accredited)
Syracuse, NY 13244
315.443.9691
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head: Donald Carr, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Robert Englert, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

North Carolina

 

 

North Carolina State University  (NASAD accredited)
School of Design
Raleigh
, NC 27695

919.515.8322
Degrees offered: BID, MID 
Department Head: Bryan Laffitte, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Bryan Laffitte, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Ohio

 

Cleveland Institute of Art  (NASAD accredited)
Cleveland, OH 44106
216.421.7929
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Dan Cuffaro
Student Chapter Advisor: Carla J. Blackman, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Columbus College of Art & Design  (NASAD accredited)
Columbus, OH 43215
614.224.9101
Degrees offered: BFA 
Department Head: Tom Kier
Student Chapter Advisor: Thomas E. Williamson, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

The Ohio State University  (NASAD accredited)
Columbus, OH 43210
614.292.6746
Degrees offered: BS, MA, MFA 
Department Head: Wayne Carlson
Student Chapter Advisor: James Arnold, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

University of Cincinnati   (NASAD accredited)
Department of I.D.
Cincinnati, OH 45221
513.556.6828
Degrees offered: BS 
Department Head:SooShin Choi, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Steve Doehler, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Pennsylvania

 

 Carnegie-Mellon University  (NASAD accredited)
School of Design
Pittsburgh
, PA 15213

412.268.2828
Degrees offered: BFA 
Department Head - Interim: Steve Stadelmeier
Student Chapter Advisor: Wayne Chung, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Philadelphia University   (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design
Philadelphia, PA 19144
215.951.2109
Degrees offered: BS 
Director: Götz Unger, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Tod Corlett, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

The University of the Arts    (NASAD accredited)
IDDepartment
Philadelphia
, PA 19102

215.717.6250
Degrees offered: BS, MID
 

Department Head: Anthony Guido
Student Chapter Advisor: Beth Van Why, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Rhode Island

 

Rhode Island School of Design  (NASAD accredited)
Providence, RI 02903
401.454.6160
Degrees offered: BFA, BID, MID 
Department Head: Leslie Fontana, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Leslie Fontana, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://idsarisd.org

 


Utah

 

Brigham Young University    (NASAD accredited)
School of Technology
Provo, UT 84602
801.422.6300
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Paul Skaggs, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Paul Skaggs, IDSA

Student Chapter website:

 

Virginia

 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute  (NASAD accredited)

Industrial Design Program
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540.231.6386
Degrees offered: BS 
Department Head: Ron Kemnitzer, FIDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Ron Kemnitzer, FIDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Washington

 

Western Washington University   (NASAD accredited)

Department of Engineering Technology
Bellingham, WA 98225
360.650.3425
Degrees offered: BS 
Department Head: Arunas Oslapas, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Arunas Oslapas, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

Wisconsin

 

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD)  (NASAD accredited)
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414.847.3200
Degrees offered: BFA 
Department Head: Pascal Malassigné, FIDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: John Caruso, IDSA
Student Chapter website:

 

University of Wisconsin-Stout  (NASAD accredited)
Department of Art & Design
Menomonie, WI 54751
715.232.1097
Degrees offered: BFA 
Department Head: Ben Pratt
Student Chapter Advisor: Noah Norton, IDSA
Student Chapter website: