by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut” ranking.
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 Connecticut, there were 262 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,540 and $25,900 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut list. UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 42 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut list. This medium-sized school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #4 spot on the list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 19 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Sacred Heart University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #6. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s design degrees to 6 students 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Sacred Heart University
Albertus Magnus College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut ranking. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2020-2021.
Paier College of Art Inc ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Connecticut list. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Paier College of Art Inc
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