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Design & Applied Arts at New England College

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Design & Applied Arts at New England College

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

NEC is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 4,483. In 2021, 27 design majors received their bachelor's degree from NEC.

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.

NEC Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

NEC Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at NEC 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 NEC 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 Popular Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools 107
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 185
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools 449

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in design from NEC. This is the #108 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NEC Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at NEC is $27,112. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

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Design Student Demographics at NEC

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

NEC Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at NEC since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

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

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 NH, the home state for New England College.

Occupation Jobs in NH Average Salary in NH
Graphic Designers 800 $51,710
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 330 $85,620
Photographers 190 $37,800
Professors 170 $63,850
Interior Designers 160 $54,020

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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