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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio

6 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$38,351 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio

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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 Ohio, there were 1,941 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,428 and $27,313 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Ohio

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s design degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.

Full BGSU Design & Applied Arts Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio list. Kent State is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Kent State University at Kent Design & Applied Arts Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at OHIO Athens

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified masters’s design students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Design & Applied Arts Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s design students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, 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 88%.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Miami University - Oxford

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Ohio ranking. Ohio State is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 47 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Ohio State

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