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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

5 Colleges
$33,319 Avg Salary
$28,541 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #51 most popular major in Connecticut with 241 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Sacred Heart University the best school in Connecticut for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.

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#2

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport.

On average, design graduates from UBridgeport take out $25,416 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Central Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Connecticut. CCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, design graduates from CCSU carry an average student debtload of $24,320.

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#4

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford.

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#5

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of New Haven helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Connecticut. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Haven.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 887
New Hampshire 456
Maine 24
Rhode Island 159
Vermont 99

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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