<p>Is there a list available somewhere of the nations top art or fine art major schools?</p>
<p>Cooper Union
Pratt Institute
Parsons School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
????</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Mica
Saic
Cmu
Otis
Sva
Vcu
Yale</p>
<p>UCLA's really good too.</p>
<p>USNWR says: </p>
<p>Art Academy of Cincinnati
Art Center College of Design
Atlanta College of Art
Berklee College of Music
Boston Architectural Center
Boston Conservatory
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Music
College for Creative Studies (MI)
College of Visual Arts (MN)
Columbus College of Art and Design(OH)
Corcoran College of Art and Design (DC)
Cornish College of the Arts (WA)
Curtis Institute of Music (PA)
Juilliard School (NY)
Kansas City Art Institute (MO)
Laguna College of Art and Design (CA)
Longy School of Music (MA)
Maine College of Art
Manhatten School of Music
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art
Memphis College of Art
Milwaukee Inst. of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Montserrat College of Art (MA)
Moore College of Art and Design (PA)
New England Conservatory of Music (MA)
N.C. School of the Arts
Otis College of Art and Design (CA)
Pacific Northwest College of Art (OR)
Pratt Inst. (NY)
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling School of Art and Design (FL)
San Francisco Art Inst.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Savannah College of Art and Design (GA)
School of the Art Inst. of Chicago
Southern California Inst. of Architecture
University of the Arts (PA)
VanderCook College of Music (IL)</p>
<p>How does SAIC compare with RISD and Parsons on animation at the undergrad level ?</p>
<p>UCLA I think is really good with fine art.</p>
<p>I think there really isn't a compiled list of the best top art schools.
However there usually are lists based on majors like say Architecture, Photography, etc published by magazines</p>