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Design Schools in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contains 51 schools that offer design programs. Boston University, the highest-ranking design school in MA, has a total student population of 31,960 and is the 32nd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 51 design schools in Massachusetts, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, North Bennet Street School comes out as the most expensive ($61,218/yr), with Middlesex Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,314/yr.

Design students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become interior designers, architecture designers, designers, graphic designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,010 people working as interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $51,990. Also, Floral designers make on average $24,940 per year and there are about 51,470 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 1,470 employed floral designers earning an average yearly salary of $29,670. Interior designers in this state earn $58,430/yr and there are 1,250 employed.

Also, within the design schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from design, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Design Programs in Massachusetts

Boston University

• Educational/Instructional Media Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Northeastern University

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Brandeis University

• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Emerson College

• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hampshire College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

• Environmental Design/Architecture
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Industrial Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors

Simmons College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Endicott College

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Emmanuel College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lesley University

• Educational/Instructional Media Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bay Path College

• Interior Design
  

Wentworth Institute of Technology

• Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Industrial Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fitchburg State College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Suffolk University

• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Lasell College

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Anna Maria College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Curry College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mount Ida College

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

North Bennet Street School

• Furniture Design and Manufacturing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Bridgewater State College

• Educational/Instructional Media Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bard College at Simon's Rock

• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Assumption College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Mildred Elley

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Salem State College

• Educational/Instructional Media Design
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The New England Institute of Art

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fisher College

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

ITT Technical Institute-Woburn

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

School of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston

• Graphic Design
  

University of Massachusetts-Boston

• Educational/Instructional Media Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

Sullivan and Cogliano Training Center

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

ITT Technical Institute-Norwood

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Montserrat College of Art

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Newbury College-Brookline

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Atlantic Union College

• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Becker College

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Massachusetts Bay Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Springfield Technical Community College

• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

North Shore Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Bristol Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Boston Architectural College

• Environmental Design/Architecture
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Greenfield Community College

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Mount Wachusett Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Bunker Hill Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Quinsigamond Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Middlesex Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Massasoit Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Northern Essex Community College

• Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Cape Cod Community College

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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Massachusetts Interesting Facts

• 552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
• Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
• "Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
• In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."

Top National Parks in Massachusetts:

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Famous State Residents:

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