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Design & Applied Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

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Design & Applied Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

If you are interested in studying design and applied arts, you may want to check out the program at Carnegie Mellon University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received their master's degree in design.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Carnegie Mellon Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Design

Carnegie Mellon Design & Applied Arts Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in design, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Design Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the design majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

75% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 32 students who graduated with a master’s in design from Carnegie Mellon in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

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In the design master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master's in design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Graphic Designers 8,710 $53,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Photographers 1,740 $34,790
Interior Designers 1,510 $57,730

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities 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 racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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