Art & design at Wisconsin
Wisconsin graduates about 102 art & design majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $55,000 four years out, 1.21× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Wisconsin
Where art & design happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Arthur D. Hasler Laboratory of Limnology, Chazen Museum of Art, Art Lofts.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.
Nearby in the art & design ranking
Other strong majors at Wisconsin
- Marketing 100 · #1
- Journalism 100 · #1
- Kinesiology & exercise science 97 · #3
- Finance 96 · #4
- Accounting 96 · #5
- Communications & media 94 · #11
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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.