by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Arizona” 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 Arizona, there were 765 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,921 and $21,751 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 374 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona” ranking analyzed 9 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree design students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 15 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #2 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is located in Prescott, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Design & Applied Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona. NAU is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 99 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Northern Arizona University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 183 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Design & Applied Arts Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 69 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 1 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Arizona
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Sessions College for Professional Design ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona list. Sessions College for Professional Design is a small school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 78 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Sessions College for Professional Design
Dine College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Arizona ranking. Dine College is a public institution located in Tsaile, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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