by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Design Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 Utah, there were 586 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,408 and $32,790 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,613 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Design Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular design and applied arts programs in the United States.
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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 Utah for a Master’s”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Design Major in Utah for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Utah for a Master’s list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 3 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Utah for a Master’s list. Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 95 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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