Art & design at UC Davis
UC Davis graduates about 310 art & design majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 5th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $57,000 four years out, 1.25× 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.
Around UC Davis
Where art & design happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Art Studio, Art Storage, Art Annex, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Maria Manetti Shrem Art Hall.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 204 · Student housing 77 · Dorm 48 · Athletics 12 · Arts 6 · Dining 3.
Nearby in the art & design ranking
Other strong majors at UC Davis
- Civil engineering 97 · #2
- Theater & drama 97 · #4
- Computer science 96 · #17
- Art, music & theater 96 · #2
- Biology 95 · #5
- Film & media production 94 · #5
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Davis 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.