2025 Best Other Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #269 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Other Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 24 bachelor's degrees in other design & applied arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

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

1

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

11 Annual Graduates

Southern Methodist University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Dallas.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Southern Methodist University

2

Saint Edward's University
Austin, TX

6 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in other design & applied arts needs to take a look at Saint Edward's University. Located in the large city of Austin, St. Edward's University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other design & applied arts from Saint Edward’s University

Best Other Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	14
Oklahoma	377	0
Arizona	356	14

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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.

Most Popular Majors Related to Other Design & Applied Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Interior Design	412
Graphic Design	385
Visual Communications	243
Fashion Design	124
Industrial Design	64
Game & Interactive Media Design	49
Commercial & Advertising Art	35
Commercial Photography	1
Illustration	1

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.