Design & Applied Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Every design & 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 Carnegie Mellon University stacks up to those at other schools.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Carnegie Mellon Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in design. This is the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Design Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

The following design concentations are available at Carnegie Mellon University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carnegie Mellon University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications	49
Game & Interactive Media Design	20

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Drama & Theater 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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Graphic Designers	8,710	$53,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	5,050	$80,740
Photographers	1,740	$34,790
Interior Designers	1,510	$57,730

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 Daderot under License

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