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Design & Applied Arts at Central Washington University

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Design & Applied Arts at Central Washington University

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

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174. In 2021, 19 design majors received their bachelor's degree from CWU.

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.

CWU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

CWU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at CWU 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 CWU

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

CWU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The design program at CWU awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Central Washington University with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

CWU 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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Graphic Designers 5,060 $60,530
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,930 $67,430
Interior Designers 1,370 $63,480
Professors 1,060 $74,330
Photographers 1,030 $48,020

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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