Design & Applied Arts at Arkansas Tech University

Every design and applied arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the design program at Arkansas Tech University stacks up to those at other schools.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 10,829. Of the 1,276 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas Tech University in 2021, 33 of them were design and applied arts majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.

ATU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

ATU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how ATU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at ATU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319

Earnings of ATU Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at ATU is $17,578. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

Design Student Demographics at ATU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Arkansas Tech University.

ATU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at ATU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

ATU also has a doctoral program available in design. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Music
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Graphic Designers	1,110	$42,250
Professors	920	$57,420
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	550	$57,450
Photographers	330	$37,520
Interior Designers	250	$66,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.