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Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

In 2020-2021, 533 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #38 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota to see which ones were the most popular master'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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for design majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in Minnesota for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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Out of the 2 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, MCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Design

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 2 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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