2024 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

There was only one school in West Virginia to review for the 2024 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Design & Applied Arts in West Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Design

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West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

75 Annual Graduates

$35,406 Median Starting Salary

$25,500 Median Student Debt

West Virginia University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population.

Those design & applied arts students who get their bachelor's degree from West Virginia University earn $4,598 more than the typical design graduate.

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Concord University
Athens, WV

15 Annual Graduates

$26,210 Median Starting Salary

Concord University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Concord University is a small public university located in the town of Athens.

After graduating, design bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $26,210 in their early careers.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	707
Georgia	224	1,028
Tennessee	220	208
North Carolina	213	529
Virginia	213	635
South Carolina	195	224
Kentucky	187	64
Alabama	184	196
Louisiana	171	50
Mississippi	169	25
Arkansas	167	216

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Design & Applied Arts Related Rankings by Major

Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Design Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Visual Communications	76
Commercial & Advertising Art	15
Graphic Design	13
Game & Interactive Media Design	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	116
Music	61
Drama & Theater Arts	44
General Visual & Performing Arts	19
Dance	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.