Design & Applied Arts at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in design from U of U.

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.

U of U Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

U of U Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the design progam at U of U compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The design major at U of U 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 Focused Design & Applied Arts Schools	945

How Much Do Design Graduates from U of U Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at U of U is $52,747. This is 61% higher than $32,733, which is the national average for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

Design Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 design students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from U of U, about 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at U of U are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Utah with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Other Visual Art
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Dance
• 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Graphic Designers	3,370	$48,130
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,280	$80,850
Commercial and Industrial Designers	660	$53,540
Art Directors	500	$103,570

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.