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Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Minnesota

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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Minnesota

2 Colleges
$32,947 Avg Salary
$26,857 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 18 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #109 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in Minnesota for design and applied arts students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, MCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 13
Iowa 13
Kansas 7

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 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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