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2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s

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303 Degrees Awarded
$33,344 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s” 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 Oregon, there were 595 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,414 and $27,324 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 303 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 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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Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s”.

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 114 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Oregon State

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 83 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full Portland State University Design & Applied Arts Report

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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Oregon

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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Northwest College of Art landed the #4 spot on the list. Pacific Northwest College of Art is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Pacific Northwest College of Art

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George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #5 spot on the list. George Fox University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newberg, Oregon. It awarded 17 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at GFU

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Western Oregon University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Monmouth, Oregon, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Oregon State College Design & Applied Arts Report

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Linfield University - McMinnville Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s ranking. Linfield University - McMinnville Campus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in McMinnville, Oregon. It awarded 1 bachelors’s design degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Linfield

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