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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 associate degree level specifically, there were 86 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,377 and $19,767 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in design and applied arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in design and applied arts.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut associate degree design students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate. Manchester Community College is a public institution located in Manchester, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwalk Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. NCC is located in Norwalk, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 associates’s design degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Tunxis Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Farmington, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Three Rivers Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate. Three Rivers Community College is a public institution located in Norwich, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Housatonic Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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Gateway Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s design degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Mitchell College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Mitchell College is a small school located in New London, Connecticut that handed out 0 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
Capital Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 0 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Haven came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Design Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 9 associates’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
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