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Design & Applied Arts at Northwest College of Art & Design

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Design & Applied Arts at Northwest College of Art & Design

If you are interested in studying design and applied arts, you may want to check out the program at Northwest College of Art & Design. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NCAD is located in Poulsbo, Washington and has a total student population of 101. Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northwest College of Art & Design in 2021, 14 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.

NCAD Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

NCAD Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how NCAD performed in these rankings.

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 NCAD 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 1
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools 1
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 211
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 287
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools 298
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 330
334
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools 416
426
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools 520

Earnings of NCAD Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at NCAD is $23,385. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

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Design Student Demographics at NCAD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Northwest College of Art & Design.

NCAD Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The design program at NCAD awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

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About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at NCAD 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 Northwest College of Art & Design with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

NCAD 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 WA, the home state for Northwest College of Art & Design.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Graphic Designers 5,060 $60,530
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,930 $67,430
Interior Designers 1,370 $63,480
Professors 1,060 $74,330
Photographers 1,030 $48,020

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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