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Design & Applied Arts at Texas State University

Design & Applied Arts at Texas State University

If you plan to study design & applied arts, take a look at what Texas State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year.

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.

Texas State Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Design
  • Master’s Degree in Design

Texas State Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of design master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in design each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 69% more men than average.

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In the design master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual Communications 12

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Graphic Designers 13,480 $50,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,240 $71,520
Interior Designers 4,230 $56,430
Professors 3,510 $61,660
Photographers 3,070 $34,160

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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