Art & design at UC San Diego
UC San Diego graduates about 66 art & design majors a year. That puts it 86th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $49,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC San Diego
Where art & design happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Visual Arts Facility - Building 5, Visual Arts Facility - Building 1, Arts and Humanities, Design & Innovation Building, Artesa.
Named buildings on the campus map: Student housing 63 · Academic 62 · Dorm 38 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Library 5.
Nearby in the art & design ranking
Other strong majors at UC San Diego
- Computer science 98 · #6
- Neuroscience 95 · #8
- Computer engineering 95 · #3
- Electrical engineering 95 · #4
- Biology 94 · #6
- History 93 · #19
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC San Diego 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.