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

2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular 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 2023 rankings named Texas State Technical College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for design and applied arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 35 students majoring in design at TSTC, 60% are male and 40% are female.

On average, design graduates from TSTC take out $15,284 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sessions College for Professional Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, Sessions College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 37% are male.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Scottsdale Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 81% of the design majors at the school.

While working on their Associate Degree, design majors at Scottsdale Community College accumulate an average of around $14,221 in student debt.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Advancing Technology is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their online associate degree. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

Of the 4 students majoring in design at University of Advancing Technology, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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#5

Blinn College

Brenham, TX

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Blinn College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Southwest Region . Blinn College is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Brenham.

Of the 7 students majoring in design at Blinn College, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Explore the most popular online design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,449
Arizona 594
Oklahoma 211
New Mexico 30

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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.

  • 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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