by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Design & Applied Arts is the 36th most popular major in the country with 36,301 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $25,481 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 5,956 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,100 and $26,477 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,538 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 104 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. That schools that top this list have a program in design and applied arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree design students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Interior Designers Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region. Interior Designers Institute is a small private for-profit school situated in Newport Beach, California. It awarded 38 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Platt College - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Diego, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified associates’s design students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 104 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 256 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles Pacific College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Los Angeles Pacific College is a small school located in Los-Angeles, California that handed out 2 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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Platt College - Ontario ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Platt College - Ontario is located in Ontario, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Seattle Central College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 46 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #8, Columbia College Hollywood did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Columbia College Hollywood is located in Tarzana, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
Full Columbia College Hollywood Design & Applied Arts Report
Spokane Falls Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Spokane Falls Community College is a public institution located in Spokane, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 37 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Portland Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #10. Portland Community College is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 98 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
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West Valley College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. West Valley College is located in Saratoga, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
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Los Angeles Trade Technical College landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 25 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Los Angeles Trade Technical College Design & Applied Arts Report
With a ranking of #13, Bates Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Tacoma, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
San Diego City College landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 20 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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San Diego Mesa College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #15. San Diego Mesa College is a fairly large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 27 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #16, Mt. Hood Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Mt. Hood Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Gresham, Oregon. It awarded 21 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Bellevue College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #17. BC is a fairly large public school situated in Bellevue, Washington. It awarded 29 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Clover Park Technical College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Lakewood, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
Rogue Community College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Grants Pass, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Foothill College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Los Altos Hills, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Chemeketa Community College ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Salem, Oregon, and it awarded 17 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Chemeketa Community College Design & Applied Arts Report
Canada College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Canada College is a small public school situated in Redwood City, California. It awarded 8 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Linn-Benton Community College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Linn-Benton Community College is located in Albany, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #24, College of Southern Nevada did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. College of Southern Nevada is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 41 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Mission College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Design Major in the Far Western US Region list. Mission College is a medium-sized school located in Santa Clara, California that handed out 9 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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