Design & Applied Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Harrisburg Area Community College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in design, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Take the first step toward a career of visual expression and doing what you love with this online associate degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at HACC paid an average of $322 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $272 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $6,660 | $8,010 |
Fees | $1,500 | $1,650 |
Books and Supplies | $2,064 | $2,064 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at HACC in Design walked away with an average of $13,340 in student debt. That is 28% lower than the national average of $18,609.
HACC does not offer an online option for its design associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the HACC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 82.4% of the design students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 67.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.5% of the design associate degrees at HACC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 13 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Design & Applied Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Visual Communications | 13 |
Graphic Design | 4 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to design and applied arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Visual & Performing Arts | 24 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 3 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 11 |
Arts & Media Management | 11 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.