Safe, Moderate and Ambitious HCI/UX program Classification List
The blog is to help UX Aspirants decide upon the university. The classification is done keeping everyone in mind.
Ambitious
University of Washington — Master of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE)
Acceptance Rate — 19.3%
Program Intake — 100 students
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — 790+
University of Washington — Master of Human-Computer Interaction and Design (MHCI+D)
Acceptance Rate — 10%
Program Intake — 30–40 students
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — 800+
University of Michigan — Master of Science in Information with UX Concentration
Acceptance Rate — 28.57%
Program Intake — 501 students
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
Georgia Tech HCI
Acceptance Rate — 20%
Program Intake — 90 students
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
University of Maryland College Park — Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction (HCIM)
Acceptance Rate — N/A
Program Intake — N/A
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
Master of Human-Computer Interaction — Carnegie Mellon
Acceptance Rate — 16%
Program Intake — 70 students
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
Masters of Science in Engineering, Design Impact | Stanford
Acceptance Rate — N/A
Program Intake — N/A
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
Master of Information Management and Systems | UC Berkeley
Acceptance Rate — N/A
Program Intake — N/A
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
Moderate
Master of Computer Interaction | IUPUI
Acceptance Rate — n/a
Program Intake — n/a
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — N/A
MDes Interaction Design | California College of the Arts
Acceptance Rate — 86%
Program Intake — n/a
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — n/a
Human Computer Interaction Design (HCID) — Indiana University
Acceptance Rate — n/a
Program Intake — n/a
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — n/a
Information Experience Design M.S | Pratt Institute
Acceptance Rate — n/a
Program Intake — n/a
Total Applicants (2020–2021) — n/a
Safe
- HCI at UC Santa Cruz
- M.S in HCI at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
- Master of Business & Science (MBS) with concentration in User Experience Design (UXD) | Rutgers
- Human-Centered Design, M.S. | Florida Tech
- Master of Human Factors / Ergonomics(HFE) | San Jose
- MS in User Experience & Interaction Design | Thomas Jefferon University
- Master of Science in Human-Centered Computing (HCC) | UMBC
- HCI and User Experience at DePaul University
Personal Factors to consider when categorizing universities
- SOP
- Relevant Work / Research Experience
- Portfolio (if required)
- Acceptance Rate
- Total Seats
- Total Applicants
- Relevance order (eg. SOP > Work experience > GRE)
- Entry Requirements
- Luck ;)
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* All the information is my personal opinion based on my application in year 2021.
Cheers!
