2024 Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Other Design & Applied Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #283 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for other design & applied arts students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 174 master's degrees in other design & applied arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Other Design & Applied Arts School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of other design & applied arts for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality other design & applied arts program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to other design & applied arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other design & applied arts students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other design & applied arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for other design & applied arts students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Other Design & Applied Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Design & Applied Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for other design & applied arts students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Other Design & Applied Arts

1

Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

122 Annual Graduates

Maryland Institute College of Art is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in other design & applied arts. Located in the city of Baltimore, MICA is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in other design & applied arts from Maryland Institute College of Art

2

The New School
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat The New School if you want to pursue a master's degree in other design & applied arts. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.More information about a master’s in other design & applied arts from The New School

3

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in other design & applied arts needs to look into Drexel University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in other design & applied arts from Drexel University

4

University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - Baltimore County is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in other design & applied arts. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in other design & applied arts from University of Maryland - Baltimore County

5

University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

UB is a small public university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in other design & applied arts from University of Baltimore

Best Other Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best other design & applied arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	17
Pennsylvania	607	8
Maryland	363	149

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Other Design & Applied Arts Related Rankings by Major

Other Design & Applied Arts is one of 9 different types of Design & Applied Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Other Design & Applied Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual Communications	134
Interior Design	131
Industrial Design	77
Illustration	64
Game & Interactive Media Design	41
Graphic Design	39
Fashion Design	30
Commercial & Advertising Art	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.