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Art & design at UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst graduates about 41 art & design majors a year. That puts it 119th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $46,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major.

78/100Strong#119 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year41under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$46,0001.02× the same major nationally
Research in the field$750Ka year, NSF
Admit rate60%whole school
SAT middle 50%1330–1480whole school

Around UMass Amherst

Fine Arts Center door
Fine Arts Center door - panoramioPhoto: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Me (Cathy Setzer), Cornel West and a large piece of pizza. I work for APSA, and
Cornel happens to love pizzaPhoto: DCist · CC BY 2.0 · source
Waiting for Bernie
Waiting for Bernie (23506174334)Photo: Steven Brewer from Amherst, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Old Chapel steeple
Old Chapel steeple - panoramioPhoto: Jon Platek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Studio Arts Building, John W. Olver Design Building, Fieldstone Artisan, Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 100 · Dorm 44 · Athletics 9 · Dining 8 · Student housing 6 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. Pepperdine University 79
  2. Loyola University Chicago 79
  3. University of Oregon 79
  4. University of Richmond 79
  5. University of California, Santa Barbara 78
  6. University of Minnesota–Duluth 78
  7. University of Tennessee–Knoxville 78
  8. University of North Texas 78

Other strong majors at UMass Amherst

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UMass Amherst 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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