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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #36 most popular major in the country with 36,301 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Design & Applied Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for design and applied arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Out of the 3 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the United States. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Design & Applied Arts by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 3 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).

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