Design & Applied Arts at Laguna College of Art and Design

If you plan to study design and applied arts, take a look at what Laguna College of Art and Design has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LCAD is located in Laguna Beach, California and has a total student population of 782. In 2021, 94 design majors received their bachelor's degree from LCAD.

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.

LCAD Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

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

LCAD Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how LCAD 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 LCAD 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
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools	15
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
	55
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools	67
Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	79
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	85
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools	198
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools	198
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
	213
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	236
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools	261
	271
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools	336

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in design from LCAD. This makes it the #63 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of LCAD Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at LCAD is $32,564. 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 LCAD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Laguna College of Art and Design.

LCAD Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 94 design students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from LCAD, 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 LCAD since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Laguna College of Art and Design with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	47
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

LCAD Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of design master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in design each year. LCAD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Laguna College of Art and Design with a master's in design.

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

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

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts

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 CA, the home state for Laguna College of Art and Design.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers	29,320	$61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators	10,760	$87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Interior Designers	8,460	$68,440
Art Directors	7,620	$127,630

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.