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2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools

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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 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online design graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in design at Michigan State, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in design at BGSU, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 3 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Radford University

Radford, VA

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Radford University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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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 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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