Pratt Institute s Graduate Communications Design Department has been educating graphic and package designers for over 40 years. In a survey of 10,000 design professionals by Graphic Design USA magazine, the Pratt program is recognized as one of the five most influential schools in the field of the past 50 years and one of the top five schools today. The program is ranked in the top 12 of over 200 graduate design programs in the nation, as reported in U.S. News & World Report rankings.