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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region

23 Colleges
$32,100 Avg Salary
$26,477 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #91 most popular major in the country with 1,979 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 23 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Design & Applied Arts program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Our analysis found Academy of Art University to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

The excellent programs at California College of the Arts helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Francisco, California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Art Center College of Design. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Art Center College of Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 23 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Otis College of Art and Design helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#6

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

University of Oregon did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for design and applied arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for design and applied arts students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Pacific Northwest College of Art came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for design and applied arts students. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#9

New York Film Academy

Burbank, CA

New York Film Academy ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region list. New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Burbank.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 194
Washington 6
Oregon 18
Nevada 0

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 23 schools only.

  • 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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