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Design & Applied Arts at University of Arkansas

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Design & Applied Arts at University of Arkansas

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

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 27,562. Of the 5,593 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas in 2021, 51 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.

UARK Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

UARK Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how UARK 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 UARK 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 Value Design & Applied Arts Schools 141

Earnings of UARK Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at UARK is $46,814. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 43% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

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Design Student Demographics at UARK

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

UARK Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students earned a bachelor's degree in design from UARK. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at UARK 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 University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 41
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Graphic Designers 1,110 $42,250
Professors 920 $57,420
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 550 $57,450
Photographers 330 $37,520
Interior Designers 250 $66,840

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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