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Design & Applied Arts at The University of Alabama

Design & Applied Arts at The University of Alabama

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if The University of Alabama is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year.

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.

UA Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

UA Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at UA 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.

Design Student Demographics at UA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at The University of Alabama.

UA Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

93% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 33
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Interior Design 46

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Professors 3,180 $36,330
Graphic Designers 1,610 $46,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 730 $65,560
Interior Designers 550 $57,780
Photographers 480 $39,360

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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