Design & Applied Arts at Western Piedmont Community College

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

WPCC is located in Morganton, North Carolina and approximately 1,792 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.

WPCC Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Design (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Design

WPCC Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at WPCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Western Piedmont Community College.

WPCC Design & Applied Arts Associate’s Program

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of design associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in design only graduates about 31% men each year. The program at WPCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 69% more women than average.

WPCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in design graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

Design & Applied Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Piedmont Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Game & Interactive Media Design	6

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 Western Piedmont Community College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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