Is there any top design school(university) out there are NOT private

<p>I'd like to know, seems most design schools are way expensive, and those cheap ones are not good enough(at least in fame).</p>

<p>Which state do you live in?</p>

<p>Look at North Carolina State , San Jose State, Univ of Michigan, and of course Cooper Union in New York (cheaper than cheap) .</p>

<p>Umass Dartmouth is very reasonable. Mass College of Art, Towson University, UMBC, East Carolina State, North Carolina State ,etc.</p>

<p>Berkeley, Cal Poly SLO? These might work.</p>

<p>What kind of design program are you looking for??</p>

<p>digital art, graphic design, something like that
i have a good math skill though, same as science
I just don't know to take the major I favor or the major i am good at
by the way i live in CA</p>

<p>I am pretty sure that Virginia Commonwealth University has a top design program...quite possibly the best one affiliated to a non-private entity. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The following are also quite good:</p>

<p>Arizona State University
Indiana University-Bloomington
North Carolina State University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>What's your unweighted GPA? This will provide some guidance for schools.</p>

<p>I got GPA of 3.9
and most class at highest rank possible.
and I took studio art and got A in the class + 3 on the AP examine</p>

<p>SUNY Purchase is a school around a half hour north of NYC that's really strong in art and design.</p>

<p>UCLA has Design|Media Arts.</p>

<p>to get into UCLA is incredible hard, they have a average GPA of 4.12(not highest, but average), I think I can only get a GPA of 4.1 or lower</p>

<p>Average SAT: 1289 by the way, that means 800 on math and 689 on english, I can only score 630 on english at most~~~~~~</p>

<p>but to get into the major is a somewhat different story. for UCLA Design|Media Arts, i think you need to submit a portfolio of your work, and that will be a big factor in admissions decision. your SAT/GPA need to be good but not exceptionally strong; it is used more to make sure you can handle the academics there. and remember, 50% of admits are UNDER the average!</p>

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Average SAT: 1289 by the way, that means 800 on math and 689 on english, I can only score 630 on english at most~~~~~~

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<p>Ugh.....try again? :D</p>

<p>1289 - 689 = 600 not 800...</p>

<p>I just took a test in my pre cal class, and I got one wrong because I got -8 from -4*-4</p>