by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s” 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 Nevada, there were 116 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,276 and $28,380 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,298 and $27,287 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in design and applied arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful design and applied arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s list. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 56 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Great Basin College is a public institution located in Elko, Nevada. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nevada State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Nevada for a Bachelor’s list. Nevada State College is a public institution located in Henderson, Nevada. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
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