Design & Applied Arts at Walla Walla University

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

Walla Walla U is located in College Place, Washington and approximately 1,737 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in design from Walla Walla 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.

Walla Walla U Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Design
• Bachelor’s Degree in Design

Walla Walla U Design & Applied Arts Rankings

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

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 Walla Walla 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Most Focused Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools	237
Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	291
	318

How Much Do Design Graduates from Walla Walla U Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at Walla Walla U is $25,370. 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 Walla Walla U

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

Walla Walla U Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of design associate's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in design only graduates about 32% men each year. The program at Walla Walla U may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 34% more women than average.

Walla Walla U does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Walla Walla U Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Design & Applied Arts from Walla Walla U in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at Walla Walla U since its program graduates 48% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Walla Walla University with a bachelor's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Music
• 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 WA, the home state for Walla Walla University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Graphic Designers	5,060	$60,530
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,930	$67,430
Interior Designers	1,370	$63,480
Professors	1,060	$74,330
Photographers	1,030	$48,020

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 Bryan Aulick under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.