Design & Applied Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 61 design majors received their bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech.

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.

Georgia Tech Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design
• Master’s Degree in Design

Georgia Tech Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how Georgia Tech performed in these rankings.

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 Georgia Tech 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
	3
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in design from Georgia Tech. This makes it the #40 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Georgia Tech Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $48,199. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 47% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

Design Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 design students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Georgia Tech, about 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at Georgia Tech 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	35
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Georgia Tech Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a master's degree in design from Georgia Tech. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in design each year. Georgia Tech does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.