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Art & design at WashU

WashU graduates about 104 art & design majors a year, 4% of its graduating class. That puts it 24th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $68,000 four years out, 1.50× what the same major pays nationally.

91/100Standout#24 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year1044% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$68,0001.50× the same major nationally
Admit rate12%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1550whole school

Around WashU

Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis (Schools at Washington U
Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis,I Gusti Nyoman Haris PraPhoto: MKRI22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Stropharia rugosoannulata 193908529Photo: Cazody · CC0 · source
Thurtene Carnival,Washington University in St. Louis, April 2018
Thurtene CarnivalPhoto: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The West end of Danforth Campus in the snow. Picture taken from Seigle hall.
West end of Danforth CampusPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 84 · Dorm 37 · Student housing 28 · Athletics 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. Rhode Island School of Design 92
  2. Virginia Tech 92
  3. Brown University 91
  4. Drexel University 91
  5. Binghamton University–SUNY 91
  6. Yale University 91
  7. Arizona State University 91
  8. Southern Methodist University 90

Other strong majors at WashU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares WashU 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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