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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island

4 Colleges
$37,141 Avg Salary
$23,564 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #31 most popular major in Rhode Island with 159 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found New England Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

On average, design graduates from New England Tech take out $21,846 in student loans while working on their degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $274, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Our analysis found Rhode Island School of Design to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

Design majors at RISD take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $676.

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The excellent programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 887
Connecticut 241
New Hampshire 456
Maine 24
Vermont 99

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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