2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in South Carolina

A master's degree in design and applied arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #74 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for design and applied arts students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 master's degrees in design and applied arts during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in design matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in South Carolina ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of design and applied arts students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for design and applied arts.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Design & Applied Arts in South Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in design and applied arts.

Most Well Attended Schools for Design Students Working on Their Master's

1

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

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#1 Best Quality In SC

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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in design and applied arts needs to look into Clemson University. Clemson is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Clemson. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in design and applied arts in South Carolina.

There were approximately 10 design and applied arts students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in design and applied arts from Clemson University

2

Furman University
Greenville, SC

Furman University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in design and applied arts. Furman is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Greenville. More information about a master’s in design and applied arts from Furman University

2

Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Winthrop University if you want to pursue a master's degree in design and applied arts. Winthrop is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Rock Hill. More information about a master’s in design and applied arts from Winthrop University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	128
Georgia	186	245
Virginia	175	56
North Carolina	167	24
Alabama	147	22
Kentucky	140	2
Mississippi	120	4
Arkansas	119	6
West Virginia	108	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Design

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

Design Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial Design	10

Most Popular Majors Related to Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	35
Fine & Studio Arts	13
Drama & Theater Arts	7
Arts & Media Management	5
General Visual & Performing Arts	4
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	2

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.