Design & Applied Arts at Bowie State University

If you are interested in studying design & applied arts, you may want to check out the program at Bowie State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and approximately 6,250 students attend the school each year.

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.

Bowie State University Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Bowie State University Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at Bowie State University 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.

Design Student Demographics at Bowie State University

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

Bowie State University Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowie State University since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its design bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bowie State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications	35

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• 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 MD, the home state for Bowie State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Graphic Designers	3,030	$58,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,850	$74,160
Interior Designers	1,250	$66,140
Photographers	740	$39,640
Artists	540	$87,920

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 M. Chambers under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.