2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Texas
9Colleges
799Bachelor's Degrees
$32,209Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 799 bachelor's degrees were awarded to design & applied arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #37 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 19,864 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 4.0% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Texas ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent design & applied arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the design & applied arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Featured Design & Applied Arts Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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The University of Texas at Austin has taken the #1 spot in this year's design & applied arts ranking for non-traditional students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin. UT Austin not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of North Texas as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population. UNT also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas rankings.
The student loan default rate at UNT is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. 12,105 students are part time.
Texas Christian University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas ranking.
About 1.5% of TCU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 218 students at TCU are exclusively online. About 317 of the students at TCU are attending part time.
University of Houston comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population. UH also made our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. There are roughly 13,663 part time students in attendance at UH.
Our rankings recognize Texas State University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas list.
The student loan default rate at Texas State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,642 part time students in attendance at Texas State.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Texas at Dallas. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population. UT Dallas also made our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 10,632 students at UT Dallas that take at least one class online. About 5,977 of the students at UT Dallas are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Sam Houston State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.
The student loan default rate at SHSU is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,795 students take at least one class online at SHSU. 6,353 of SHSU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of the Incarnate Word as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UIW is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 2,542 students at UIW that take at least one class online. 1,338 of UIW students are attending part time.
Saint Edward's University comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Austin, St. Edward's University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, St. Edward's University has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Texas ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 1,668 students take at least one class online at St. Edward’s University. 730 of St. Edward’s University students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
References
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).
In <nil>, 799 bachelor's degrees were awarded to design & applied arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #37 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 19,864 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 4.0% were from a college or university in the state.
