Design & Applied Arts at Great Basin College

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

Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and has a total student population of 3,772.

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.

Great Basin College Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Design
• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Great Basin College Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at Great Basin College 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 Great Basin College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Great Basin College.

Great Basin College Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of design associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in design only graduates about 31% men each year. The program at Great Basin College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 36% more women than average.

Great Basin College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Great Basin College with a associate's in design.

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

Great Basin College Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Great Basin College with a bachelor's in design.

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

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

The following design concentations are available at Great Basin College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Great Basin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications	4

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 NV, the home state for Great Basin College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Graphic Designers	2,000	$49,330
Professors	810	$58,280
Photographers	770	$35,010
Interior Designers	490	$56,520
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	400	$55,580

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 Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.