by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 New Jersey, there were 585 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,071 and $27,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 22 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 colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey design students.
Out of the 22 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Berkeley College - Woodland Park landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Woodland Park, New Jersey, and it awarded 70 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Berkeley College - Woodland Park
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Centenary University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey. Centenary is a small school located in Hackettstown, New Jersey that handed out 25 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sussex County Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey. Sussex County Community College is a public institution located in Newton, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Sussex County Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Mercer County Community College is located in West Windsor, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 ’s design degrees to qualified students.
Full Mercer County Community College Design & Applied Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Salem Community College is a public institution located in Carneys Point, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. This small school is located in Madison, New Jersey, and it awarded 22 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, County College of Morris did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Located in Randolph, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified ’s design students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at County College of Morris
Kean University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s design degrees to 61 students in 2020-2021.
Montclair State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking. Located in Montclair, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 99 diplomas to qualified ’s design students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Bergen Community College landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking. Bergen Community College is located in Paramus, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 ’s design degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Bergen Community College
With a ranking of #11, Brookdale Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Lincroft, New Jersey that handed out 26 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Brookdale Community College Design & Applied Arts Report
Monmouth University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking. Monmouth University is located in West Long Branch, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 ’s design degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
With a ranking of #13, Rowan College at Burlington County did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. RCBC is located in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s design degrees to qualified students.
New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #14. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s design degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #15, Seton Hall University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit institution located in South Orange, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 Seton Hall University
With a ranking of #16, Raritan Valley Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Raritan Valley Community College is located in Branchburg, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s design degrees to qualified students.
Caldwell University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #17. Caldwell University is a small school located in Caldwell, New Jersey that handed out 2 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Cumberland County College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking. This small school is located in Vineland, New Jersey, and it awarded 2 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Cumberland County College
With a ranking of #19, Rider University did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey list. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. It awarded 5 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking, coming in at #20. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 ’s design degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Rutgers New Brunswick
Middlesex County College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking. Middlesex County College is a medium-sized school located in Edison, New Jersey that handed out 0 ’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Middlesex County College
The College of New Jersey landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Design Major in New Jersey ranking. The College of New Jersey is a public institution located in Ewing, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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