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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
61 Radford University VA $39,734 $55,444 $65,577 $54,092
62 Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis IN $38,635 $55,307 $68,521 $61,180
63 Virginia Commonwealth University VA $35,748 $54,230 $66,974 $52,907
64 Minnesota State University Moorhead MN $36,080 $53,776 $64,507 $57,148
65 Sam Houston State University TX $37,756 $53,673 $65,297 $58,277
66 Appalachian State University NC $37,592 $53,512 $63,124 $54,716
67 Longwood University VA $35,012 $53,343 $52,042
68 Bowling Green State University OH $37,113 $53,339 $68,335 $59,200
69 University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth MA $37,385 $53,320 $71,441 $35,978
70 Salem State University MA $38,886 $53,279 $65,194 $35,951
71 Georgia Southern University GA $38,403 $53,064 $60,672 $58,634
72 Northern Arizona University AZ $39,365 $52,982 $67,254 $49,748
73 University of Alabama AL $40,342 $52,875 $59,699 $59,949
74 SUNY at Fredonia NY $32,219 $52,745 $70,298 $39,958
75 University of North Carolina -Greensboro NC $38,176 $52,345 $63,991 $53,522
76 Lewis University IL $32,415 $52,165 $58,768 $56,825
77 University of Northern Iowa IA $39,525 $52,031 $67,426 $58,331
78 University of Minnesota Duluth MN $35,338 $51,682 $69,453 $54,922
79 Minneapolis College of Art & Design MN $30,926 $51,657 $62,026 $54,896
80 University of Bridgeport CT $40,696 $51,223 $58,858 $44,426

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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.