Design & Applied Arts at Southern New Hampshire University
SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 134,345. Of the 15,591 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2021, 388 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.
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SNHU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design
Online Classes Are Available at SNHU
If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.
For those who are interested in distance learning, SNHU does offer online courses in design for the following degree levels:
- Bachelor’s Degree
SNHU Design & Applied Arts Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at SNHU 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 SNHU 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 |
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Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 1 |
Earnings of SNHU Design Graduates
The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at SNHU is $37,976. This is 16% higher than $32,733, which is the national average for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

Design Student Demographics at SNHU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Southern New Hampshire University.
SNHU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at SNHU 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 10 |
Black or African American | 30 |
Hispanic or Latino | 46 |
White | 258 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 44 |
SNHU also has a doctoral program available in design. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.
Occupation | Jobs in NH | Average Salary in NH |
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Graphic Designers | 800 | $51,710 |
Art, Drama, and Music Professors | 330 | $85,620 |
Photographers | 190 | $37,800 |
Professors | 170 | $63,850 |
Interior Designers | 160 | $54,020 |
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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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