2025 Best Other Design & Applied Arts Schools in California

A degree in other design & applied arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #370 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of other design & applied arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 347 degrees in other design & applied arts annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Other Design & Applied Arts Schools List

Choosing a Great Other Design & Applied Arts School

The other design & applied arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Design & Applied Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for other design & applied arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Other Design & Applied Arts Rankings by Degree Level

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 Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Other Design & Applied Arts in California

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other design & applied arts degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Other Design & Applied Arts

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In CA

46 Other Design & Applied Arts Degrees Awarded

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in other design & applied arts. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.

There were about 46 other design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in other design & applied arts from University of California - Los Angeles

2

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In CA

Otis College of Art and Design is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in other design & applied arts. Otis College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Los Angeles.

There were about 16 other design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Otis College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.

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Bachelors Degree Type

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3

California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CA

52 Other Design & Applied Arts Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in other design & applied arts needs to look into California State University - Long Beach. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #246 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CSULB is a great university overall.

There were approximately 52 other design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available.

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4

California State University - Sacramento
Sacramento, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7th Most Popular In CA

80.0% Growth in Graduates

California State University - Sacramento is a great option for students pursuing a degree in other design & applied arts. Sac State is a very large public university located in the large city of Sacramento. This university ranks 40th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 20 other design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8th Most Popular In CA

93.3% Growth in Graduates

CSUSB is a large public university located in the midsize city of San Bernardino. This university ranks 82nd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were about 15 other design & applied arts students who graduated with this degree at CSUSB in the most recent data year.

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6

California State University - Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the city of Carson, CSUDH is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 91st out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.More information about a degree in other design & applied arts from California State University - Dominguez Hills

Best Other Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Other Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	587	65

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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	1,414
Visual Communications	720
Interior Design	693
Fashion Design	531
Game & Interactive Media Design	363
Illustration	306
Industrial Design	276
Commercial & Advertising Art	116
Commercial Photography	2

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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.