Design & Applied Arts at MidAmerica Nazarene University

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if MidAmerica Nazarene University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

MNU is located in Olathe, Kansas and approximately 1,636 students attend the school each year. Of the 428 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from MidAmerica Nazarene University in 2021, 8 of them were design and applied arts majors.

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.

MNU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

MNU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at MNU 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	240

Design Student Demographics at MNU

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

MNU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Design & Applied Arts from MNU in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at MNU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at MNU 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 MidAmerica Nazarene University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater 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 KS, the home state for MidAmerica Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Graphic Designers	2,360	$46,270
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	590	$66,450
Interior Designers	500	$54,630
Art Directors	410	$82,340
Photographers	350	$35,540

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 Americasroof under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.