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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Virginia

6 Colleges
$31,842 Avg Salary
$26,331 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 113 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #61 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 Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Virginia 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Colleges.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in Virginia for design and applied arts students. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

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#2

Marymount University

Arlington, VA

The excellent programs at Marymount University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Virginia. Marymount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.

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Out of the 6 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 3 spot on the list. VCU is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

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#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

The excellent programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Virginia. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

Full Design & Applied Arts at George Mason University Report

#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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#5

Radford University

Radford, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Radford University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Radford, Radford is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Radford University Report

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 106
Georgia 259
North Carolina 22
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
Alabama 17
South Carolina 12
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 0

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 6 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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