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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Florida

6 Colleges
$30,902 Avg Salary
$27,703 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #86 most popular major in Florida with 106 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Florida

Check out the design programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Florida Schools in Design & Applied Arts

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best school in Florida for design and applied arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Florida list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Florida list. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

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The excellent programs at AI Miami International University of Art and Design helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Florida. International Fine Arts College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Miami.

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#5

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, FL

The excellent programs at Jacksonville University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Florida. JU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jacksonville.

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#6

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL

With a ranking of #6, Full Sail University did quite well on this year’s best schools for design and applied arts students. Full Sail University is a very large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Winter Park.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 113
Georgia 259
North Carolina 22
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
Alabama 17
South Carolina 12
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 0

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 6 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).

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