2025 Best Other Design & Applied Arts Schools in Massachusetts

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 2 schools in Massachusetts 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 59 degrees in other design & applied arts annually.

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

• Best Overall Other Design & Applied Arts Schools List

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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts Schools in Other Design & Applied Arts

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

36.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in other design & applied arts needs to look into Northeastern University. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in other design & applied arts from Northeastern University

2

Lesley University
Cambridge, MA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

5.6% Growth in Graduates

Lesley University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in other design & applied arts. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a degree in other design & applied arts from Lesley University

Best Other Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Other Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	538	0
Maine	396	0

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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	346
Illustration	146
Interior Design	109
Game & Interactive Media Design	69
Industrial Design	52
Commercial & Advertising Art	49
Fashion Design	46
Visual Communications	43
Commercial Photography	4

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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.