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Art & design at Maryland

Maryland graduates about 81 art & design majors a year. That puts it 9th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $56,000 four years out, 1.23× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

95/100Standout#9 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year81under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$56,0001.23× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1410–1520whole school

Around Maryland

Laundry Day performing "FRIENDS" during a concert in August 2024
Laundry Day band in August 2024Photo: Leafy46 · CC0 · source
Photo of the Nyumburu Cultural Center
Nyumburu Cultural CenterPhoto: BethGuay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Purple Line construction
Purple Line construction on UMD campusPhoto: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
McKeldin Library. I was informed by a reliable source that this particular peeph
McKeldin Library, UMD, 2023Photo: CarmenEsparzaAmoux · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Tawes Fine Arts Building, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dining 11 · Student housing 8 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 6 · Arts 4.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. University of California, Davis 96
  2. Syracuse University 96
  3. Northeastern University 96
  4. Columbia University 95
  5. University of Washington 95
  6. Harvard University 94
  7. University of Notre Dame 94
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology 94

Other strong majors at Maryland

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Maryland with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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