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Savannah College of Art and Design Bachelor’s in Design & Applied Arts

867 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$27,316 Average Salary
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Design & Applied Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Savannah College of Art and Design. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in design, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Rankings for the SCAD Bachelor’s in Design

#164 in the U.S
#3 in Georgia

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at SCAD was ranked #164 on College Factual's Best Schools for design list. It is also ranked #3 in Georgia.

Here are some of the other rankings for SCAD.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 1
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 1
Most Popular Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 2
Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 9
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 36
Most Focused Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 40
Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools 54
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 77
Highest Paid Master’s Degree Design & Applied Arts Graduates 86
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income Over $110k) 88
Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 91
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $75-$110k) 93
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $0-$30k) 93
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $30-$48k) 93
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k) 94
Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (With Aid) 97
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 142
Best Design & Applied Arts Schools 164
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 320
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Design & Applied Arts Graduates 360
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 376
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income Over $110k) 387
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k) 394
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $30-$48k) 396
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $75-$110k) 397
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $0-$30k) 398
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (With Aid) 412
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts 451
Highest Paid Design & Applied Arts Graduates 481
Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Veterans 500
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income Over $110k) 505
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k) 522
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $75-$110k) 524
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $30-$48k) 527
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $0-$30k) 531
Best Value Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (With Aid) 547

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Design from SCAD Cost?

$38,075 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

SCAD Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at SCAD paid an average of $835 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

In State Out of State
Tuition $37,575 $37,575
Fees $500 $500
Books and Supplies $1,890 $1,890
On Campus Room and Board $14,979 $14,979
On Campus Other Expenses $3,573 $3,573

Learn more about SCAD tuition and fees.

SCAD Design Bachelor’s Student Debt

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Design students who received their bachelor’s degree at SCAD took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 7% lower than the national average of $28,898.

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How Much Can You Make With a Bachelor’s in Design From SCAD?

$27,316 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of design students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SCAD is $27,316 per year. That is 14% lower than the national average of $31,586.

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Does SCAD Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Design?

SCAD does not offer an online option for its design bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SCAD Online Learning page.

SCAD Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Design

867 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
70.4% Women
23.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 867 bachelor’s degrees in design awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 70.4% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in design in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 70.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in design at SCAD in 2019-2020, 23.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 43
Black or African American 75
Hispanic or Latino 75
Native American or Alaska Native 2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 4
White 471
International Students 180
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Bachelor’s in Design Focus Areas at SCAD

Design & Applied Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Visual Communications 50
Industrial Design 98
Fashion Design 162
Interior Design 160
Illustration 263

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to design and applied arts.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Drama & Theater Arts 122
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 266
Fine & Studio Arts 130

View All Design & Applied Arts Related Majors >

References

*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.

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