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Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for design majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Monterey Bay the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Western Oregon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Far Western US Region . Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - Fullerton helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Far Western US Region . Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Dominguez Hills is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.

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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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,773
Washington 532
Oregon 490
Nevada 110
Hawaii 19

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).

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