Design & Applied Arts at Charleston Southern University

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

CSU is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 3,350 students attend the school each year. Of the 541 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Charleston Southern University in 2021, 18 of them were design and applied arts majors.

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.

CSU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

CSU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at CSU 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 CSU 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	286
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools	386
	411

How Much Do Design Graduates from CSU Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSU is $24,781. This is less than $32,733, which is the national average of all design majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Design Student Demographics at CSU

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

CSU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in design from CSU. About 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at CSU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at CSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Music

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 SC, the home state for Charleston Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Graphic Designers	2,050	$45,790
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	800	$61,680
Photographers	630	$42,090
Interior Designers	530	$47,680
Commercial and Industrial Designers	400	$81,570

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 CharlestonSouthern under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.