Design & Applied Arts at Louisiana Tech University

Every design and applied arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the design program at Louisiana Tech University stacks up to those at other schools.

Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and has a total student population of 11,126. In 2021, 13 design majors received their bachelor's degree from Louisiana 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.

Louisiana Tech Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Louisiana Tech Design & Applied Arts Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at Louisiana 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
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools	752

Earnings of Louisiana Tech Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Louisiana Tech is $25,006. 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 Louisiana Tech

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

Louisiana Tech Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Louisiana Tech since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at Louisiana 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 Louisiana Tech University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Music
• 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Graphic Designers	1,490	$45,660
Photographers	510	$32,710
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	490	$61,980
Designers	410	$89,070
Interior Designers	260	$42,210

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.