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Design & Applied Arts at Miami Dade College

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Design & Applied Arts at Miami Dade College

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

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 46,523 students attend the school each year.

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.

MDC Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Design

MDC Design & Applied Arts Rankings

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Design Student Demographics at MDC

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

MDC Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

64% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of design associate's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in design only graduates about 32% men each year. The program at MDC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

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MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 46
White 6
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Professors 16,250 $61,440
Graphic Designers 13,550 $48,780
Photographers 4,480 $39,990
Interior Designers 4,210 $50,410
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,520 $72,670

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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