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

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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 bachelor's degrees in design & applied arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 colleges for 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 Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kentucky 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 Design & Applied Arts in Kentucky

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

Top Kentucky Schools for a Bachelor's in Design

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

25 Annual Graduates

$42,168 Median Starting Salary

University of Kentucky is a great decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, design bachelor's recipients typically earn about $42,168 in their early careers.

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

2

Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY

15 Annual Graduates

Bellarmine University is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the city of Louisville, Bellarmine U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Bellarmine University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	707
Georgia	224	1,028
Tennessee	220	208
North Carolina	213	529
Virginia	213	635
South Carolina	195	224
Alabama	184	196
Louisiana	171	50
Mississippi	169	25
Arkansas	167	216
West Virginia	147	106

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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	29
Visual Communications	24
Graphic Design	14
Commercial & Advertising Art	3
Other Design & Applied Arts	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	296
Music	214
Drama & Theater Arts	134
General Visual & Performing Arts	75
Arts & Media Management	29
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	15
Dance	12

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.