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Design & Applied Arts at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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Design & Applied Arts at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and approximately 30,014 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 113 design majors received their bachelor's degree from Cal Poly Pomona.

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.

Cal Poly Pomona Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Cal Poly Pomona Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how Cal Poly Pomona 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 Cal Poly Pomona 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
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 60
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools 129
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools 172
239
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools 405

How Much Do Design Graduates from Cal Poly Pomona Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly Pomona is $34,271. This is 5% higher than $32,733, which is the national average for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

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Design Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 113 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in design from Cal Poly Pomona in 2021, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal Poly Pomona since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 36
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 39
White 12
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

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 CA, the home state for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators 10,760 $87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Interior Designers 8,460 $68,440
Art Directors 7,620 $127,630

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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