2025 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 196 bachelor's degrees in design & applied arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of design & applied arts for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality design program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to design & applied arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other design & applied arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt design & applied arts students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized design & applied arts related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

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

Top Oklahoma Schools for a Bachelor's in Design

1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, OK

73 Annual Graduates

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK

36 Annual Graduates

$37,755 Median Starting Salary

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the design program make about $37,755 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

3

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK

39 Annual Graduates

$42,619 Median Starting Salary

University of Central Oklahoma is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public university with a large student population.

Those design & applied arts students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Central Oklahoma earn $5,339 more than the standard design graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from University of Central Oklahoma

4

Oklahoma Christian University
Edmond, OK

31 Annual Graduates

$31,466 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Oklahoma Christian University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. OC is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Edmond.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the design program state that they receive average early career income of $31,466.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Oklahoma Christian University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	934
Arizona	200	374

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Rankings in Majors Related to Design

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Design & Applied Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Design Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Interior Design	96
Graphic Design	44
Commercial & Advertising Art	30
Visual Communications	25
Game & Interactive Media Design	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	205
Fine & Studio Arts	161
Drama & Theater Arts	143
Dance	56
General Visual & Performing Arts	26
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	25
Arts & Media Management	25
Other Visual 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.