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

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 259 master's degrees in design & applied arts to qualified students.

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

More Ways to Rank Design & Applied Arts Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Design

1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

12 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in design & applied arts from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

2

Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA

245 Annual Graduates

$43,941 Median Starting Salary

Savannah College of Art and Design is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in design & applied arts. SCAD is a large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Savannah.

After graduating, design master's recipients usually earn about $43,941 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in design & applied arts from Savannah College of Art and Design

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	105
Virginia	182	113
North Carolina	178	22
Tennessee	166	1
Alabama	151	16
Kentucky	147	2
South Carolina	146	12
Mississippi	145	4
Arkansas	121	0

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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
Illustration	86
Industrial Design	59
Interior Design	49
Game & Interactive Media Design	40
Fashion Design	25

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	93
Fine & Studio Arts	93
Music	93
Drama & Theater Arts	58
Arts & Media Management	34

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.