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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,979 people earned a degree or certificate in design and applied arts, making the major the #91 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Design & Applied Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for design and applied arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

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Design & Applied Arts by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Design & Applied Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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