by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Oregon, there were 595 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,414 and $27,324 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 303 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their design and applied arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree design students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon. Pacific Northwest College of Art is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Pacific Northwest College of Art
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #2 spot on the list. GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at George Fox University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 114 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Portland State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Western Oregon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Monmouth, Oregon, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Oregon State College Design & Applied Arts Report
Linfield University - McMinnville Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Oregon list. Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is a private not-for-profit institution located in McMinnville, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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