2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Design in the Southwest Region
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Graphic Design is the 107th most popular major in the country with 8,931 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 760 graphic design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 graphic design graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Graphic Design Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in graphic design. That schools that top this list have a program in graphic design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Graphic Design Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree graphic design students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Design in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Graphic Design Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s graphic design degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Graphic Design Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Graphic Design Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Dallas landed the #2 spot on the list. The Art Institute of Dallas is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 masters’s graphic design degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
