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Art & design at UT Austin

UT Austin graduates about 155 art & design majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 37th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $54,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally.

89/100Standout#37 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year1552% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$54,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$920Ka year, NSF
Admit rate27%whole school
SAT middle 50%1230–1500whole school

Around UT Austin

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a scene-setter video while touring t
Secretary Kerry Looks at a Scene-Setter Video While Touring the LBJ PresidentialPhoto: U.S. Department of State from United States · Public domain · source
Looking north from the Stadium
Looking north from the Stadium - panoramioPhoto: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Alpha Phi Omega runs the flag before home games; always a crowd pleaser!
The World's Largest Texas FlagPhoto: Klobetime · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium
Darrell K. Royal Memorial Stadium - panoramioPhoto: Todd Dwyer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Blanton Museum of Art, Art Building and Museum, E. William Doty Fine Arts Building, Texas Memorial Museum, College of Fine Arts Performing Arts Center, Arthur P. Watson House, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 142 · Dorm 16 · Athletics 11 · Arts 7 · Chapel 3 · Library 3.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. The Ohio State University 90
  2. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 89
  3. Emory University 89
  4. Chapman University 89
  5. The New School 89
  6. University of Virginia 89
  7. Purdue University–Main Campus 88
  8. Rochester Institute of Technology 88

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UT Austin 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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