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2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Pennsylvania

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Most Well Attended Design Major in Pennsylvania for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Design Major in Pennsylvania for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Pennsylvania, there were 1,282 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,864 and $27,344 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,028 and $0 respectively.

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.

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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 “Most Well Attended Design Major in Pennsylvania for a Doctorate”.

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Most Well Attended Design Major in Pennsylvania for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree design students.

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Pennsylvania for a Doctorate list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s design degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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