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Design & Applied Arts at California State University - Monterey Bay

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Design & Applied Arts at California State University - Monterey Bay

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if California State University - Monterey Bay is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and approximately 7,409 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in design from CSUMB.

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.

CSUMB Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

CSUMB Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at CSUMB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at CSUMB 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 Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 6
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 8
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 9
Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools 14
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 164
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 296

Earnings of CSUMB Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUMB is $24,612. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

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Design Student Demographics at CSUMB

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

CSUMB Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

48% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a bachelor's degree in design from CSUMB. About 48% of these graduates were women and the other 52% were men. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUMB since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 University - Monterey Bay with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 8
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

CSUMB 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 University - Monterey Bay.

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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