Design & Applied Arts at University of California - Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 students received a bachelor's degree in design from UC Santa Cruz.
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.
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UC Santa Cruz Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Design
UC Santa Cruz Design & Applied Arts Rankings
Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how UC Santa Cruz performed in these rankings.
Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.
Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings
The design major at UC Santa Cruz 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 |
|---|---|
| Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools | 60 |
| Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 171 |
| Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 286 |
Earnings of UC Santa Cruz Design Graduates
The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Santa Cruz is $31,645. This is less than $32,733, which is the national average of all design majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.
Design Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.
UC Santa Cruz Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in design.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 42 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 |
| White | 22 |
| International Students | 14 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 11 |
UC Santa Cruz also has a doctoral program available in design. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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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 - Santa Cruz.
| 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 Satyriconi under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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