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

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 119 bachelor's degrees in design & applied arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to design & applied arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other design & applied arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt design & applied arts students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized design & applied arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for design & applied arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

Top Nebraska Schools for a Bachelor's in Design

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

38 Annual Graduates

$21,500 Median Student Debt

University of Nebraska - Lincoln is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2

Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE

54 Annual Graduates

$37,794 Median Starting Salary

$29,688 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Bellevue University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those design & applied arts students who get their bachelor's degree from Bellevue University make $10,297 more than the typical design graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Bellevue University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	342
Minnesota	215	351
Iowa	197	378
Kansas	184	137
North Dakota	149	22
South Dakota	148	51

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Rankings in Majors Related to Design

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Design & Applied Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Design Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	119

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	176
Drama & Theater Arts	99
Music	76
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	13
Arts & Media Management	6
Dance	3

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.