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Best Colleges for Design and Applied Arts

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 118 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
21 University of Michigan MI $40,194 $63,572 $81,175 $69,478
22 University of North Texas TX $44,201 $63,192 $78,301 $68,612
23 Purdue University IN $45,571 $62,852 $80,325 $69,527
24 Weber State University UT $42,208 $62,818 $65,986 $60,694
25 Illinois State University IL $41,871 $62,818 $68,429
26 State University of New York at New Paltz NY $40,131 $62,579 $76,770 $47,408
27 Clemson University SC $47,642 $62,363 $76,731 $65,507
28 Colorado State University CO $44,129 $62,306 $67,476 $59,283
29 Texas A&M University - Commerce TX $45,860 $61,926 $81,043 $67,238
30 Portland State University OR $41,796 $61,827 $73,014 $54,092
31 University of Wisconsin - Madison WI $41,669 $61,756 $74,972 $64,938
32 Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA $40,844 $61,375 $73,307 $41,414
33 Metropolitan State University of Denver CO $41,501 $60,886 $72,156 $57,931
34 Central Connecticut State University CT $39,817 $60,703 $77,186 $52,648
35 Indiana University - Bloomington IN $34,351 $60,657 $67,098
36 Marymount University VA $43,485 $59,793 $76,109 $58,335
37 New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York NY $38,434 $59,083 $71,728 $44,760
38 Judson University IL $42,371 $58,858 $64,115
39 Texas State University TX $38,586 $58,736 $71,212 $63,774
40 State University of New York at Farmingdale NY $39,551 $58,701 $69,598 $44,470

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.