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Design & Applied Arts at Northern Arizona University

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Design & Applied Arts at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 99 students received a bachelor's degree in design from NAU.

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.

NAU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

NAU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at NAU 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 NAU 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
186

How Much Do Design Graduates from NAU Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $32,826. This is 0% higher than $32,733, which is the national average for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

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Design Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 99 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in design from NAU in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at NAU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its design bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 57
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

NAU 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Graphic Designers 3,120 $54,030
Professors 1,820 $68,880
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,770 $83,730
Photographers 1,020 $33,500

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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