Design & Applied Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

If you plan to study design & applied arts, take a look at what The University of Texas at Austin has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and has a total student population of 50,476.

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.

UT Austin Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Design (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Design
• Master’s Degree in Design

UT Austin Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at UT Austin 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 UT Austin

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

UT Austin Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Austin Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of design master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a design master's degree from UT Austin, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

Design & Applied Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Texas at Austin. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications	68
Interior Design	14

Related Majors

• Dance
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Music

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Graphic Designers	13,480	$50,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Interior Designers	4,230	$56,430
Professors	3,510	$61,660
Photographers	3,070	$34,160

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.