as the second best overall graduate program for fine arts in the U.S. tied with the Yale School of Art and behind the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. In their previous rankings done in 2016, U.S. News & World Report's college rankings ranked SAIC the fourth best overall graduate program for fine arts in the U.S. tying with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and behind Yale, UCLA, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.
In 2021, the university was ranked the seventh globally according to the QS World University Rankings by the subject Art and Design.
In January 2013, the Global Language Monitor ranked SAIC as the #5 college in the U.S., the highest ever for an art or design school in a general college ranking.
In a 2002 survey conducted by the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, SAIC was named the "most influential art school" by art critics at general interest news publications from across the United States.
== Notable people ==
Notable professors at SAIC …
