Design & Applied Arts at Mercer County Community College

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

Mercer County Community College is located in West Windsor, New Jersey and has a total student population of 6,342.

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.

Mercer County Community College Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Design

Mercer County Community College Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at Mercer County Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Mercer County Community College.

Mercer County Community College Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

30% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of design associate's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in design only graduates about 31% men each year. The program at Mercer County Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 39% more women than average.

Mercer County Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercer County Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Commercial & Advertising Art	19
Game & Interactive Media Design	5

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 NJ, the home state for Mercer County Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Graphic Designers	5,980	$59,140
Professors	2,670	$73,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750
Interior Designers	1,440	$57,980
Photographers	1,400	$35,840

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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