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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
81 Western Oregon University OR $32,130 $50,831 $44,472
82 SUNY Buffalo State University NY $33,731 $50,607 $59,211 $38,339
83 University of Northwestern- St Paul MN $35,002 $50,311 $63,451 $53,465
84 State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) NY $32,452 $50,065 $64,689 $37,928
85 Lamar University TX $34,085 $49,718 $56,620 $53,983
86 South Dakota State University SD $38,264 $49,665 $60,219 $52,948
87 University of Akron (The) OH $38,155 $49,533 $62,530 $54,976
88 Dominican University IL $33,141 $49,104 $69,584 $53,490
89 Bemidji State University MN $39,584 $49,079 $64,996 $52,156
90 Ball State University IN $36,766 $48,943 $54,140
91 University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point WI $36,412 $48,723 $56,877 $51,233
92 Missouri State University MO $33,714 $48,304 $64,478 $54,152
93 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University NC $32,552 $48,144 $56,715 $49,227
94 University of Texas at El Paso TX $40,170 $48,066 $62,075 $52,189
95 Valdosta State University GA $34,280 $47,848 $58,609 $52,871
96 Liberty University VA $33,718 $47,828 $61,580 $46,661
97 Western Carolina University NC $37,958 $47,802 $54,051 $48,877
98 Texas Woman's University TX $36,980 $47,740 $65,194 $51,835
99 Louisiana Tech University LA $33,181 $47,219 $60,837 $51,158
100 University of Wisconsin - Green Bay WI $35,069 $47,059 $56,069 $49,484

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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.