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Design & Applied Arts at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

If you plan to study design and applied arts, take a look at what University of Maryland - Baltimore County has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 13,497. In 2021, 15 design majors received their bachelor's degree from UMBC.

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.

UMBC Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

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

UMBC Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how UMBC 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 UMBC 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 Master’s Degree Schools 58
Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 275
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 479

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in design from UMBC. This makes it the #58 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UMBC Design Graduates

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMBC is $37,577. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

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Design Student Demographics at UMBC

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

UMBC Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in design from UMBC. About 73% of these graduates were women and the other 27% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in design.

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

UMBC Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

86% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 7 design students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UMBC, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Of the students who received a design master's degree from UMBC, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UMBC 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Graphic Designers 3,030 $58,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,850 $74,160
Interior Designers 1,250 $66,140
Photographers 740 $39,640
Artists 540 $87,920

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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