Design & Applied Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas

Every design and applied arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the design program at The University of Texas at Dallas stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in design from UT Dallas.

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 Dallas Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

UT Dallas Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how UT Dallas performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at UT Dallas 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in design from UT Dallas. This is the #108 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Design Graduates from UT Dallas Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Dallas is $27,447. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,733 for all design students.

Design Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 68 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Design & Applied Arts from UT Dallas in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Dallas since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Dallas with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UT Dallas 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
• General Visual & Performing 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.