by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Industrial Design is the 304th most popular major in the country with 1,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 88 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in industrial design. That schools that top this list have a program in industrial design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree product design students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s product design degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 1 masters’s product design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 0 masters’s product design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 0 masters’s product design degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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