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

2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

4 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.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States 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.

Check out the online design associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for design and applied arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Mid-Plains Community College

North Platte, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-Plains Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mid-Plains Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of North Platte.

Women make up 50% of the design majors at the school.

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Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Fargo.

The average amount in student loans that design majors at Rasmussen University - North Dakota take out while working on their Associate Degree is $32,270.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 432
Minnesota 533
Kansas 229
Iowa 481
Nebraska 223
North Dakota 36
South Dakota 57

More Design & Applied Arts Rankings in the Plains States Region

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.

  • 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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