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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

3 Colleges
$26,842 Avg Salary
$17,264 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #42 most popular major in Massachusetts with 887 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 Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts College of Art and Design the most popular school in Massachusetts for design and applied arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 80% of the design majors at the school.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, design majors at Massachusetts College of Art and Design accumulate an average of around $24,235 in student debt.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design Report

#2

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Suffolk is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Suffolk University

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Northern Essex Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in Massachusetts. NECC is a small public school located in the suburb of Haverhill.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Northern Essex Community College Report

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 241
New Hampshire 456
Maine 24
Rhode Island 159
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 3 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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