Design & Applied Arts at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and approximately 30,146 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNC Charlotte Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

UNC Charlotte Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at UNC Charlotte 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 UNC Charlotte

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

UNC Charlotte Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at UNC Charlotte since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at UNC Charlotte are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 North Carolina at Charlotte with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Graphic Design	1

Related Majors

• Dance
• Music
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Graphic Designers	6,460	$49,700
Professors	5,220	$70,590
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640
Photographers	1,450	$33,630
Interior Designers	1,320	$54,650

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 Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.