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2024 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Nevada

3 Colleges in Nevada
116 Design Degrees Awarded
$29,276 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in design & applied arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #36 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Nevada ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 116 degrees in design & applied arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Design & Applied Arts School

Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Nevada The design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Design & Applied Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for design & applied arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Design & Applied Arts Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Design
Bachelor's Degrees in Design

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Design & Applied Arts in Nevada

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the design degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Nevada Schools in Design

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
56 Design Degrees Awarded
30.4% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in design & applied arts has to check out University of Nevada - Las Vegas. UNLV is a very large public university located in the city of Las Vegas. A Best Colleges rank of #149 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNLV is a great university overall.

Those design & applied arts students who get their degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas earn $4,907 more than the standard design grad.

More information about a degree in design & applied arts from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
41 Design Degrees Awarded
$28,050 Median Starting Salary

College of Southern Nevada is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in design & applied arts. CSN is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Las Vegas. This college ranks 3rd out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.

Students who graduate with their degree from the design program state that they receive average early career income of $28,050.

More information about a degree in design & applied arts from College of Southern Nevada

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Every student who is interested in design & applied arts needs to check out University of Nevada - Reno. UNR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Reno. This university ranks 2nd out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.More information about a degree in design & applied arts from University of Nevada - Reno

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
California 330 3,770
Washington 300 532
Oregon 266 490
Hawaii 164 19

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

Design Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Graphic Design 81
Commercial Photography 16
Commercial & Advertising Art 13
Visual Communications 6

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 141
Music 94
Drama & Theater Arts 82
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 77
Dance 34
Arts & Media Management 25
General Visual & Performing Arts 23

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