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Design & Applied Arts at Wentworth Institute of Technology

Design & Applied Arts at Wentworth Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if Wentworth Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

WIT is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 4,389 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.

WIT Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design

WIT Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at WIT 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 WIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

WIT Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at WIT since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in design at WIT 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 Wentworth Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 43
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Wentworth Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Design 38
Interior Design 24

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 MA, the home state for Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Graphic Designers 5,680 $64,010
Art Directors 1,310 $97,810
Interior Designers 1,240 $66,250
Photographers 1,220 $65,090

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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