Undergraduate Certificates in Design & Applied Arts

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 48% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 2.3% of design graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Design Majors

In 2020-2021, 2,298 undergraduate certificates were awarded to design majors. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in design at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	19,770
Associate Degree	8,050
Basic Certificate	4,204
Undergraduate Certificate	2,298
Master’s Degree	1,931
Graduate Certificate	44
Doctor’s Degree	4

Earnings of Design Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in design is $21,978. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $17,732 and the high is $29,839.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in design is $15,741. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $24,117 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $11,092.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $58.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in design. About 62.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	874
Women	1,424

The racial-ethnic distribution of design undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	120
Black or African American	215
Hispanic or Latino	662
White	1,060
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	189

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to design that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts	4,923
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	514
Drama & Theater Arts	510
Music	168
General Visual & Performing Arts	57

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.