Design & Applied Arts at Pratt Institute - Main

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

Pratt Institute is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 4,353 students attend the school each year. Of the 762 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pratt Institute - Main in 2021, 400 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.

Pratt Institute Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

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

Pratt Institute Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at Pratt Institute compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at Pratt Institute 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools	29
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools	45
Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools	46
	47
Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	57
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools	61
	64
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools	73
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools	106
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	137
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools	193
	221
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools	400

In 2021, 180 students received their master’s degree in design from Pratt Institute. This makes it the #2 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Pratt Institute Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pratt Institute is $36,210. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

Design Student Demographics at Pratt Institute

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Pratt Institute - Main.

Pratt Institute Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of design associate's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

Pratt Institute does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pratt Institute - Main with a associate's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	13
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pratt Institute Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 400 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in design from Pratt Institute in 2021, 28% were men and 72% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pratt Institute - Main with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	121
International Students	160
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Pratt Institute Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of design master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pratt Institute - Main with a master's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	26
International Students	138
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

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 NY, the home state for Pratt Institute - Main.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Graphic Designers	21,350	$64,840
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Art Directors	8,320	$124,710
Fashion Designers	7,550	$95,830
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jim.henderson under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.