Design & Applied Arts at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

If you plan to study design and applied arts, take a look at what Saint Mary's University of Minnesota has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMU MN is located in Winona, Minnesota and has a total student population of 5,152. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in design from SMU MN.

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.

SMU MN Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

SMU MN Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at SMU MN 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 SMU MN 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
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools	344

Design Student Demographics at SMU MN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.

SMU MN Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at SMU MN since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at SMU MN 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 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Fine & Studio Arts
• Music
• Drama & Theater 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 MN, the home state for Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Graphic Designers	6,190	$53,500
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,030	$78,950
Interior Designers	1,550	$61,220
Art Directors	960	$95,300
Photographers	770	$54,150

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 Mulad under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.