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Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Carolina

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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Carolina

2 Colleges
$30,342 Avg Salary
$22,204 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

With 22 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #139 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for design majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in North Carolina for design and applied arts students. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Full Design & Applied Arts at North Carolina State University Report

#2

Mars Hill University

Mars Hill, NC

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

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Mars Hill University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 113
Florida 106
Georgia 259
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
Alabama 17
South Carolina 12
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 0

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 2 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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