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Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Colleges
$23,224 Avg Salary
$17,798 Avg Student Debt

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

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for design majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Harford Community College to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Harford Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Bel Air.

Of the 27 students majoring in design at Harford Community College, 22% are male and 78% are female.

On average, design graduates from Harford Community College take out $12,634 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York School of Interior Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. NYSID is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 23 students majoring in design at NYSID, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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#3

SUNY Broome

Binghamton, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means SUNY Broome is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their online associate degree. SUNY Broome is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Binghamton.

Of the 18 students majoring in design at SUNY Broome, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#4

Berkeley College - Woodland Park

Woodland Park, NJ

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Berkeley College - Woodland Park landed the # 4 spot on the list. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Woodland Park.

Of the 13 students majoring in design at Berkeley College - Woodland Park, 8% are male and 92% are female.

Design majors at Berkeley College - Woodland Park take out an average of $23,726 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Berkeley College - Woodland Park Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Finger Lakes Community College is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their online associate degree. Located in the rural area of Canandaigua, Finger Lakes Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Explore the most popular online design and applied arts colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,238
New York 4,391
Maryland 617
New Jersey 532
District of Columbia 84
Delaware 59

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

Majors Similar to Design

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.

  • 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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