2025 Best Other Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools

Other Design & Applied Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #269 most popular bachelor'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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 25 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for other design & applied arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,208 bachelor's degrees in other design & applied arts during the <nil> academic year.

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

Your choice of other design & applied arts for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other design & applied arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of other design & applied arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other design & applied arts related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Other Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Design & Applied Arts in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts.

10 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Design & Applied Arts

1

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

35 Annual Graduates

Fashion Institute of Technology is a great option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts. FIT SUNY is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Fashion Institute of Technology

2

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

15 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Syracuse University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Syracuse University

3

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts has to check out Drexel University. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Drexel University

4

The New School
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts has to take a look at The New School. Located in the city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from The New School

5

Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

MICA is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Maryland Institute College of Art

6

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57 Annual Graduates

UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from University of California - Los Angeles

7

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Auburn University

8

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

14 Annual Graduates

Otis College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Los Angeles.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Otis College of Art and Design

9

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

3 Annual Graduates

Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Thomas Jefferson University

10

California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from California State University - Long Beach

Other Design & Applied Arts by Region

View the Best Other Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Design & Applied Arts

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Other Design & Applied Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Other Design & Applied Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	5,545
Visual Communications	2,827
Interior Design	2,824
Illustration	2,524
Fashion Design	1,754
Industrial Design	1,178
Game & Interactive Media Design	1,110
Commercial & Advertising Art	715
Commercial Photography	92

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.