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Design & Applied Arts at University of California - San Diego

Design & Applied Arts at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

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.

UCSD Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

UCSD Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at UCSD 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 UCSD

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

UCSD Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

The following design concentations are available at University of California - San Diego. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications 21

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 - San Diego.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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