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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

55 Colleges
$33,319 Avg Salary
$28,541 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 55 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Design & Applied Arts program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Women make up 78% of the design majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that design majors at ASU - Tempe take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,487. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $313.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 18% are male.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, design graduates from UNT carry an average student debt load of $22,744. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $368.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 55 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 22% are male.

Design majors at Texas State take out an average of $25,129 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $286, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 55 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 82% of the design majors at the school.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, design graduates from NAU carry an average student debt load of $20,821. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $255.

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#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 70% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 30% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

Design majors at UT Dallas take out an average of $23,697 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $131, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for design and applied arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

About 94% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 6% are male.

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The University of Texas at Austin landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree design and applied arts programs. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Women make up 85% of the design majors at the school.

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#9

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 51 students majoring in design at UH, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#10

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for design and applied arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 88% of the design majors at the school.

On average, design graduates from TCU take out $21,441 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 25 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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