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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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

With 33 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #86 most popular major in District of Columbia.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 1 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate 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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The following school tops our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate School

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found American University to be the best school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 380
Pennsylvania 77
Maryland 207
New Jersey 0
Delaware 3

One of 9 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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).

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