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Design & Applied Arts at Virginia Tech

Design & Applied Arts at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying design & applied arts, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 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.

Virginia Tech Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Virginia Tech Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

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About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 49
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

The following design concentations are available at Virginia Tech. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia Tech. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Interior Design 34
Industrial Design 28

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Graphic Designers 5,000 $60,540
Interior Designers 1,210 $52,670
Photographers 860 $37,420
Art Directors 510 $91,770

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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