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2025 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Nevada

3 Colleges in Nevada
124 Design Degrees Awarded
$32,983 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in design & applied arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #36 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Nevada ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 124 degrees in design & applied arts annually.

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Choosing a Great Design & Applied Arts School

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

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Design & Applied Arts Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Design
Bachelor's Degrees in Design

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 Schools in Nevada list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Design & Applied Arts in Nevada

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 design degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Nevada Schools in Design

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in design & applied arts needs to take a look at University of Nevada - Reno. UNR is a very large public university located in the city of Reno. This university ranks 2nd out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nevada.More information about a degree in design & applied arts from University of Nevada - Reno

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
40 Design Degrees Awarded
$31,702 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in design & applied arts needs to check out University of Nevada - Las Vegas. UNLV is a very large public university located in the city of Las Vegas. A Best Colleges rank of #371 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNLV is a great university overall.

Graduates who receive their degree from the design program make an average of $31,702 in their early career salary.

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Bachelors Degree Type
BA in Graphic Design & Media Arts Program Name

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Related Programs

3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
44 Design Degrees Awarded
6.8% Growth in Graduates

College of Southern Nevada is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in design & applied arts. CSN is a very large public college located in the city of Las Vegas. This college ranks 3rd out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.More information about a degree in design & applied arts from College of Southern Nevada

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

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
California 330 3,770
Washington 300 532
Oregon 266 490
Hawaii 164 19

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Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Design Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Graphic Design 56
Commercial Photography 28
Visual Communications 25
Commercial & Advertising Art 15

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 168
Music 92
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 87
Drama & Theater Arts 71
General Visual & Performing Arts 36
Dance 28
Arts & Media Management 20

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