by our College Data Analytics TeamDesign & Applied Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Carnegie Mellon University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in design, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Carnegie Mellon paid an average of $633 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $46,441 | $46,441 |
| Fees | $885 | $885 |
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The median early career salary of design students who receive their master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon is $76,460 per year. That is 72% higher than the national average of $44,396.
Carnegie Mellon does not offer an online option for its design master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Carnegie Mellon Online Learning page.
Women made up around 78.6% of the design students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 70.1%.
Around 17.9% of design master’s degree recipients at Carnegie Mellon in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 20%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 11 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Design & Applied Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Visual Communications | 14 |
| Game & Interactive Media Design | 14 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 2 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 24 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 6 |
| Music | 24 |
| Arts & Media Management | 58 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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