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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for design majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#2

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 51
Arizona 36
Oklahoma 4

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 averages are for the top 3 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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