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Design & Applied Arts at Clark Atlanta University

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Design & Applied Arts at Clark Atlanta University

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

CAU is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 3,776 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 38 design majors received their bachelor's degree from CAU.

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.

CAU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

CAU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at CAU 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 340
349

Earnings of CAU Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at CAU is $19,408. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

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Design Student Demographics at CAU

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

CAU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
95% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in design from CAU. About 11% were men and 89% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 59% 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 Clark Atlanta University with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 36
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

CAU 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 GA, the home state for Clark Atlanta University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Graphic Designers 6,400 $54,260
Interior Designers 2,200 $53,800
Photographers 1,850 $45,270
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,390 $66,740
Multimedia Artists and Animators 1,090 $62,000

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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