2024 Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

a master's degree in design & applied arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #72 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for design & applied arts students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 master's degrees in design & applied arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on design & applied arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other design & applied arts students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt design & applied arts students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized design & applied arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for design & applied arts students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Design & Applied Arts Schools

The design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Design & Applied Arts in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in design & applied arts.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Design

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Yale University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in design & applied arts from Yale University

2

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in design & applied arts has to take a look at Central Connecticut State University. Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in design & applied arts from Central Connecticut State University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	63
New Hampshire	108	0
Vermont	91	11

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Design & Applied Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Design & Applied Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Design Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	13
Visual Communications	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	188
Fine & Studio Arts	67
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	35
Drama & Theater Arts	21
Arts & Media Management	18
General Visual & Performing Arts	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.