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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia

2 Colleges
$46,751 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges.

Top District of Columbia Schools in Design & Applied Arts

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the best school in District of Columbia for design and applied arts students. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in District of Columbia. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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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

More Design & Applied Arts Rankings in District of Columbia

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 averages are for the top 2 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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