by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 2,046 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,584 and $26,752 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 259 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Georgia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Georgia”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree design students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 245 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Georgia list. This small school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 2 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Design Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 12 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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