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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Illinois

7 Colleges
$37,103 Avg Salary
$26,512 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #106 most popular major in Illinois with 75 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the most popular school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a great place for design and applied arts students. Located in the city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great place for design and applied arts students. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#4

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for design and applied arts students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Columbia College Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 48
Ohio 103
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 3

One of 9 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 7 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).

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