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490 Master's degrees in Design in North America

Information Design and Visualization
Master the art of visual storytelling with Northeastern University's Graduate Certificate in Information Design and Visualization. Learn to communicate complex data in accessible, engaging, and impactful ways.
Design
The Design program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an advanced degree in architecture and design, designed for mid-career professionals seeking further study of a particular area of technical or scholarly interest, or new graduate students who do not seek a professional architecture degree but, rather, advanced interdisciplinary study in architecture and related fields.
Product Design
The MS in Product Design at University of Miami offers students a unique cross-disciplinary education cutting across multiple engineering disciplines in a world class research and innovation based environment.
Art Therapy and Creativity Development
Art Therapy and Creativity Development at Pratt Institute is where psychology and creativity meet to help us help others. Through experiential, embodied learning and immersive clinical training, you’ll discover the curative nature of the creative process and the healing potential of art.
Lighting Design
Illuminate your path to success with Florida State University's Lighting Design MFA master program. This dynamic program blends artistic creativity with technical expertise, preparing students for thriving careers in the field of lighting design.
Architecture and Lighting Design
Explore issues related to public space, housing, neighborhood integration, traffic and pedestrian safety, and other matters of key importance to urban centers at The New School's Architecture and Lighting Design program.
Urban Analytics and Geodesign
The Urban Analytics and Geodesign program at Thomas Jefferson University provides students with interdisciplinary urban research and design, incorporating spatial data science, urban informatics, geospatial technology, and sustainability.
Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology
At Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology from Harvard University you will tackle promising and challenging frontiers of education — innovating education technology, leveraging the science of learning, and developing powerful pedagogies to improve learning outcomes.
City Design
The Master in City Design program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. No better city than Chicago anywhere for learning urban design. The Master of City Design (MCD) program teaches how to plan for designing great cities given all the complexity shaping our increasingly urbanized planet.
UX and UI Design and Development
The MA in UX and UI Design and Development from New York Institute of Technology will help you gain the visual UX/UI design strategies and digital development skills to plan, design, and develop human-friendly interactivity for web, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), voice user interface (VUI) and other applications.
Strategic Foresight and Innovation
Gain design thinking and foresight skills to enhance business success, positively impact society and manage organizational change with the Strategic Foresight and Innovation degree at OCAD University.
Urban and Community Design
The Urban and Community Design MUCD program offered at University of South Florida is a rigorous “design-based” course of study (i.e. post professional degree for design students) leading to the Master of Urban and Community Design (M.U.C.D.) degree.
Sustainable Design and Community and Regional Planning
The Sustainable Design and Community and Regional Planning MSc/MSCRP dual degree offered at University of Texas at Austin is an interdisciplinary and research-based degree path. Here, scholars are both part of a specialized, close-knit cohort of MSSD students as well as members of the larger Architecture program and UT Austin campus community.
Stage Design
The Stage Design program at Northwestern University is one of the country’s outstanding graduate programs for the training of the visual stage artist. Adjunct faculty from the Chicago professional theater community also teach in the program.
Curriculum Design and Instruction
Good educators know that learning is not something that stops when you leave the classroom. It is a lifelong process of personal growth and pursuit of your passion. McKendree University’s graduate program in Curriculum Design and Instruction gives you the tools you need to continue developing your professional commitment, growth, and competence in the classroom.
Art and Design
The Master of Art and Design at North Carolina State University is focuses on experimental media arts, and prepares students to be design directors, practitioners, visionaries, and leaders in the field able to respond to the social, cultural and economic shifts that current times – and global economies – demand.
Advanced Architectural Design
The Advanced Architectural Design PROGRAM at Columbia University is a three-semester program aimed at providing outstanding young professionals—who already hold a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture—the opportunity to conceptualize design as a critical practice that shapes the world’s technological, relational, and environmental evolutions.
Integrated Design and Media
The Integrated Design and Media MSc is a program from New York University combining artistic inquiry with scientific research and technological practice to explore the social, cultural and ethical potentials of emerging technologies.
Human Centered Design and Engineering
The Human Centered Design and Engineering program from University of Washington prepares its graduates for leadership roles in user experience research and design, interface design, interaction design, product design, and human-computer interaction.
Design
Our Master of Fine Art in Design program at University of Wisconsin Stout, a 60-credit terminal degree, combines practical problem-solving, ‘change the world’ mentality and innovative teaching in an art school experience that will help you grow as a designer, provide cross-disciplinary opportunities, and prepare you for creative leadership or teaching.