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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
41 Oregon State University OR $40,956 $58,688 $63,190 $51,346
42 Kent State University OH $41,125 $58,644 $74,050 $65,088
43 University of Texas at Dallas TX $38,010 $58,559 $85,804 $63,582
44 West Virginia University WV $37,094 $58,393 $76,015 $65,463
45 University of Illinois Chicago IL $40,108 $58,150 $77,146 $63,344
46 University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA $43,758 $58,150 $73,442 $63,001
47 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale IL $36,851 $57,938 $62,224 $63,113
48 Oklahoma State University OK $45,751 $57,791 $67,043
49 Brigham Young University - Idaho ID $37,041 $57,769 $56,877 $57,140
50 Ohio University OH $38,612 $57,562 $75,329 $63,887
51 University of Indianapolis IN $35,233 $57,208 $63,283
52 CUNY Lehman College NY $40,342 $57,147 $68,626 $43,293
53 Utah Valley University UT $39,793 $56,877 $71,441 $54,954
54 Texas Tech University TX $37,637 $56,170 $70,637 $60,988
55 Iowa State University of Science & Technology IA $39,805 $55,987 $68,029 $62,766
56 University of Wisconsin - Stout WI $37,991 $55,974 $66,443 $58,858
57 East Carolina University NC $39,613 $55,650 $70,050 $56,902
58 Fitchburg State University MA $37,517 $55,520 $70,870 $37,463
59 University of Missouri - Saint Louis MO $37,592 $55,464 $71,441 $62,179
60 CUNY Queens College NY $37,859 $55,464 $42,018

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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.