下面是由USNews发布的2011年美国大学排名中未设立排名的特色艺术学院，是按照字母的顺序排列的。USNews美国大学艺术学院的排名是非常有权威性的，大家可以在申请学校的时候进行适当的参考，以便有更好的选择。
| No. | School | Tuition | Average freshman retention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | $22,740 | N/A |
| 2 | Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA | N/A | 87% |
| 3 | Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | N/A | 81% |
| 4 | Boston Architectural College Boston, MA | $10,745 | 59% |
| 5 | Boston Conservatory Boston, MA | N/A | 74% |
| 6 | California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA | $35,222 | 73% |
| 7 | California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA | $36,742 | 78% |
| 8 | Chester College of New England Chester, NH | $18,525 | N/A |
| 9 | Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH | $33,450 | 80% |
| 10 | Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH | $38,640 | 89% |
| 11 | College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI | $31,275 | 76% |
| 12 | College of Visual Arts St. Paul, MN | $23,988 | 69% |
| 13 | Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus, OH | $26,522 | 78% |
| 14 | Corcoran College of Art and Design Washington, DC | $29,180 | 69% |
| 15 | Cornish College of the Arts Seattle, WA | $29,150 | 67% |
| 16 | Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA | $2,290 | 100% |
| 17 | Juilliard School New York, NY | N/A | 95% |
| 18 | Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO | $29,866 | 78% |
| 19 | Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach, CA | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | Longy School of Music Cambridge, MA | $29,300 | 82% |
| 21 | Maine College of Art Portland, ME | $29,675 | 69% |
| 22 | Manhattan School of Music New York, NY | $32,815 | N/A |
| 23 | Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD | $35,690 | 85% |
| 24 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA | N/A | 85% |
| 25 | Memphis College of Art Memphis, TN | $23,950 | 62% |
| No. | School | Tuition | Average freshman retention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Milwaukee, WI | $27,302 | 72% |
| 27 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN | $29,700 | 84% |
| 28 | Montserrat College of Art Beverly, MA | $24,900 | 77% |
| 29 | Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | $30,410 | 79% |
| 30 | New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | $34,950 | 92% |
| 31 | Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA | $32,900 | 80% |
| 32 | Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR | $26,926 | 63% |
| 33 | Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY | $37,090 | 85% |
| 34 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | $38,295 | 95% |
| 35 | Ringling College of Art and Design Sarasota, FL | $30,128 | 81% |
| 36 | San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA | $33,364 | 69% |
| 37 | San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, CA | $35,180 | 85% |
| 38 | Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA | N/A | 81% |
| 39 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | $36,120 | 76% |
| 40 | Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles, CA | $27,850 | N/A |
| 41 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston-Salem, NC | N/A | 79% |
| 42 | University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA | $32,200 | 78% |
| 43 | VanderCook College of Music Chicago, IL | $22,270 | 90% |
