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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 207 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #33 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maryland to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for design majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Maryland Institute College of Art the most popular school in Maryland for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. MICA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

Of the 180 students majoring in design at MICA, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UB is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 70% of the design majors at the school.

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Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.

Of the 7 students majoring in design at UMBC, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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Out of the 4 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore landed the # 4 spot on the list. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 380
Pennsylvania 77
New Jersey 0
District of Columbia 33
Delaware 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 4 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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