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Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Carolina

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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Carolina

1 College
$30,342 Avg Salary
$22,204 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

With 22 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #139 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

The following school tops our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges.

Best Design & Applied Arts School

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best school in North Carolina for design and applied arts students. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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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
Florida 106
Georgia 259
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
Alabama 17
South Carolina 12
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 0

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

Majors Similar to Design

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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