Design & Applied Arts at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. Of the 10,102 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Los Angeles in 2021, 55 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.

UCLA Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design
• Master’s Degree in Design

UCLA Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at UCLA 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 UCLA 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	32
	49

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in design from UCLA. This makes it the #63 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UCLA Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCLA is $39,481. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 21% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

Design Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 design majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCLA. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women.

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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCLA Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in design from UCLA. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in design each year. UCLA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Arts & Media Management
• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Music
• Film, Video & Photographic 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers	29,320	$61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators	10,760	$87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Interior Designers	8,460	$68,440
Art Directors	7,620	$127,630

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.