2025 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Dakota

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Dakota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 50 degrees in design & applied arts annually.

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Pick Your Design & Applied Arts Degree Level

The design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in North Dakota. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Design & Applied Arts in North Dakota

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 North Dakota Schools in Design

1

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, ND

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Bismarck State College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in design & applied arts. BSC is a small public college located in the small city of Bismarck.More information about a degree in design & applied arts from Bismarck State College

2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, ND

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in design & applied arts needs to look into North Dakota State University - Main Campus. North Dakota State University is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.More information about a degree in design & applied arts from North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	284	533
Missouri	283	430
Kansas	266	228
Iowa	264	479
Nebraska	238	223
South Dakota	204	57

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Design & Applied Arts Related Rankings by Major

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

Design Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Interior Design	20
Graphic Design	19
Commercial & Advertising Art	11

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Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	90
Fine & Studio Arts	44
Drama & Theater Arts	23
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	7

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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.