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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Region

13 Colleges
$35,122 Avg Salary
$26,301 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the New England 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.

Check out the design programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston University the most popular school in the New England Region for design and applied arts students. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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The excellent programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.

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Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont College of Fine Arts landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Montpelier, VCFA is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Out of the 13 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#6

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Region ranking. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#7

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

Endicott College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly.

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public school with a small student population.

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Central Connecticut State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular design and applied arts programs. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular design and applied arts programs. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 65
Connecticut 15
New Hampshire 0
Vermont 11

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 13 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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