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Design & Applied Arts at Otis College of Art and Design

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Design & Applied Arts at Otis College of Art and Design

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if Otis College of Art and Design is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

Otis College of Art and Design is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 1,073 students attend the school each year. Of the 198 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Otis College of Art and Design in 2021, 114 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.

Otis College of Art and Design Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design
  • Master’s Degree in Design

Otis College of Art and Design Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how Otis College of Art and Design performed in these rankings.

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 Otis College of Art and Design 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 Master’s Degree Schools 9
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 12
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools 18
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Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools 32
Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools 32
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 37
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools 50
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 68
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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools 77
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools 86
96
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 254
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools 351

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in design from Otis College of Art and Design. This makes it the #32 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Otis College of Art and Design Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Otis College of Art and Design is $38,497. This is 18% higher than $32,733, which is the national average for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

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Design Student Demographics at Otis College of Art and Design

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

Otis College of Art and Design Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 114 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Design & Applied Arts from Otis College of Art and Design in 2020-2021, 39% were men and 61% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Otis College of Art and Design since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Otis College of Art and Design with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 20
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 22
International Students 33
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Otis College of Art and Design Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

73% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The design program at Otis College of Art and Design awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Otis College of Art and Design with a master's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 2
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Otis College of Art and Design 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 CA, the home state for Otis College of Art and Design.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators 10,760 $87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Interior Designers 8,460 $68,440
Art Directors 7,620 $127,630

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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