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Design & Applied Arts at Northampton County Area Community College

Design & Applied Arts at Northampton County Area Community College

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

Northampton Community College is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,951.

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.

Northampton Community College Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Design

Northampton Community College Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at Northampton Community College

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

Northampton Community College Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

76% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of design associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in design at Northampton Community College are white. Around 55% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Northampton Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 16
International Students 0
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 Northampton County Area Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Graphic Design 16
Interior Design 7

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 PA, the home state for Northampton County Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Graphic Designers 8,710 $53,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Photographers 1,740 $34,790
Interior Designers 1,510 $57,730

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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