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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Nevada” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 36,301 people earned their degree in design and applied arts, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States. 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 Nevada, there were 116 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,276 and $28,380 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Nevada” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in design and applied arts.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Nevada” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada bachelor’s degree design students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Nevada. UNLV is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Elko, Nevada, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Great Basin College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nevada State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Nevada list. NSC is a medium-sized public school situated in Henderson, Nevada. It awarded 2 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Nevada State College
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