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

Design & Applied Arts is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of design & applied arts. Combined, these schools handed out 326 bachelor's degrees in design & applied arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of design & applied arts for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality design program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 full 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

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Utah.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Design & Applied Arts in Utah

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts.

Top Utah Schools for a Bachelor's in Design

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

52 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Utah if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from University of Utah

2

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, UT

73 Annual Graduates

$33,915 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts needs to take a look at Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

After graduating, design bachelor's recipients generally earn about $33,915 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Brigham Young University - Provo

3

Utah Valley University
Orem, UT

148 Annual Graduates

$31,888 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts needs to look into Utah Valley University. UVU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Orem.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the design program earn an average of $31,888 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Utah Valley University

4

Weber State University
Ogden, UT

35 Annual Graduates

$40,507 Median Starting Salary

Weber State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in design & applied arts. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the design & applied arts major at Weber State University get $7,795 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Weber State University

5

Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT

18 Annual Graduates

Located in the remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in design & applied arts from Southern Utah University

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	190	208
Idaho	171	108
Montana	134	1

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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
Visual Communications	170
Graphic Design	53
Industrial Design	44
Game & Interactive Media Design	26
Interior Design	17
Illustration	16

Most Popular Majors Related to Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	246
Fine & Studio Arts	232
Music	217
Drama & Theater Arts	178
Dance	100
General Visual & Performing Arts	27
Other Visual Art	9
Arts & Media Management	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.