INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: Best schools, best funding ?

[UK1]

Hi out there,

haven´t really found much about Industrial Design grads in this blog, so would love to hear your opinion about my issue here.

I´m from Europe, finishing my Industrial Design studies here next summer and am a Candidate of the Fulbright Scholarship.

I may only apply to 4 schools for fall 2013, so need to take following points into consideration:

-Program quality (not always easy to find out, as I am unfortunately not able to visit the schools)

-Network provided/teachers

-Costs (I will get 25 000 dollars scholarship, the rest to finance on my own)

-Location

Costwise, I might just be able to do one year, not finishing the degree (I already have kind of a Masters/ 5 years design study)

That´s my list so far:

Expensive ones:

Art Center Pasadena

Rhode Island School of Design (good reputation, but portfolios I have seen didn´t blow me away)

NYC School of Visual Arts (Products of Design)

Stanford

California College of the Arts

(Pratt)

Cheaper ones:

Arizona State University

University of Philadelphia

University of Savannah

(North Carolina State)

Grateful for any advice- Experiences/Funding/ etc..