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Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,238 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #39 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for design majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Design & Applied Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania the best school in Pennsylvania for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marywood University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Mercyhurst University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Pennsylvania. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Erie.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,391
Maryland 617
New Jersey 532
District of Columbia 84
Delaware 59

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 4 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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