2024 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Indiana
15
Colleges in Indiana
531
Design Degrees Awarded
$32,180
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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 15 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for design & applied arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 531 degrees in design & applied arts to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Design & Applied Arts School
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
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 Indiana list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
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Featured Design & Applied Arts Programs
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Best Schools for Design & Applied Arts in Indiana
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.
10 Top Indiana Schools in Design
University of Notre Dame is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in design & applied arts. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Notre Dame is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Notre Dame in the most recent year we have data available. Those design & applied arts students who get their degree from University of Notre Dame receive $22,370 more than the standard design graduate.
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Every student pursuing a degree in design & applied arts needs to check out Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 63 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available. Those design & applied arts students who get their degree from Purdue University - Main Campus earn $10,025 more than the average design student.
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Any student who is interested in design & applied arts needs to check out Indiana University - Bloomington. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 38 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the design & applied arts major at Indiana University - Bloomington earn $2,575 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In IN
39
Design Degrees Awarded
Ball State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in design & applied arts. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #205 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were about 39 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
19th
Most Popular In IN
Located in the midsize city of Evansville, UE is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #732 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UE is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at UE in the most recent data year.
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Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #274 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IUPUI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the design & applied arts program at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis get $4,557 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Wayne. This university ranks 20th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 11 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the design & applied arts program at University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne make $4,181 more than the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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Taylor U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Upland. This university ranks 21st out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 17 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Taylor U in the most recent year we have data available.
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Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #519 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ivy Tech Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 190 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the design program earn an average of $21,992 in the first couple years of working.
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Huntington is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Huntington. This university ranks 29th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 5 design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Huntington in the most recent year we have data available.
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