Design & Applied Arts at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and approximately 1,705 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in design from Mount Mercy.

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.

Mount Mercy Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Mount Mercy Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy 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	295

Design Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 design students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mount Mercy, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Mount Mercy since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mount Mercy 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 IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Graphic Designers	2,270	$43,920
Professors	2,250	$71,300
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,110	$80,700
Commercial and Industrial Designers	650	$60,750
Photographers	510	$30,180

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.