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490 Master's degrees in Design in North America
Design Criticism
The Master of Arts in Design Criticism (MAD-Crit) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is a two-year program that develops textual and visual argumentation in the areas of architecture, urbanism, landscape, and allied design practices.
Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms
The Interdisciplinary Practices and Emerging Forms degree at the University of Houston is a cross-disciplinary program designed for artists and researchers ready to explore the boundaries of contemporary cultural production.
Healthcare Design
Looking to combine your passion for healthcare with your interest in design? Look no further than the Healthcare Design degree at Kent State University.
Art Practice
The MFA Art Practice program at School of Visual Arts is an interdisciplinary, low residency graduate program designed for artists who seek both flexibility and academic rigor.
Theatre - Design and Technology
The Theatre - Design and Technology MFA at The University of Montana is a professional graduate programme focused on advanced technical mastery. This full-time, campus-based course provides intensive training in theatrical production. Students develop high-level design skills over a multi-year duration in a creative environment.
Instructional Design and Technology
If you're looking for a mentoring experience with established educators and researchers who fuse technology and education together, this degree is for you. The Instructional Design and Technology program at Regent University is your gateway to a rewarding career in creating, implementing and researching educational technology and media.

User Experience (UX) Design
The User Experience (UX) Design graduate certificate programme from Humber Polytechnic simulates the interdisciplinary approaches needed to achieve an innovation process with a focus on design desirability, technological feasibility and business viability.
Integrated Wood Design
The Integrated Wood Design programme at the University of Northern British Columbia is a specialized Master of Engineering degree. This full-time course, which can be completed in one or two years, focuses on sustainable building practices. It combines advanced engineering theory with hands-on experience in timber construction.
Design
The Design programme of Rutgers University immerses students in critical inquiry and experimental making, to design for a changing world.
Design Leadership
Earn two degrees, an MBA from Johns Hopkins and an MA in Design Leadership from the Maryland Institute College of Art, in less time and for less money with this Design Leadership dual degree from Johns Hopkins University.
Visual Communication Design
Students in this Visual Communication Design MVCD program from Arizona State University work on strategic visual communication design projects with a focus on the development of visual language systems firmly grounded on the principles of information design, typography and interaction design.
Studio Art
The MFA in Studio Art at Miami University aims to prepare students for professional careers in visual arts. The variety of conceptual and stylistic approaches reflects a diverse and rigorous program.
Health Systems and Facilities Design
The Health Systems and Facilities Designs graduate certificate from Kent State University explores emerging trends in the functional, therapeutic and financial aspects of ever-evolving health care facility design.
Apparel Design
At Cornell University, the common focus of the field is the study of fibrous materials and their use as apparel, as engineering structures (such as composite materials), in biomedical applications, and in home furnishings. The Field of Fiber Science and Apparel Design is applied and multidisciplinary, with faculty members drawn from the Colleges of Human Ecology and Engineering.
Sustainable Urban Design
The Master of Sustainable Urban Design (MSUD) program at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign provides a resiliency-based curriculum for the development of urban design skills.
Properties Technology and Design
The Louisiana State University School of Theatre is proud to be one of the few departments in the country to offer the MFA in Theatre: Properties Technology and Design.
Learning, Design, and Technology (Non Certification) Online
You can build your skills for designing, developing and implementing programs/courses and tools that support effective learning in K-12 and higher education settings, as well as corporate environments, with the help of the Learning, Design, and Technology (Non Certification) Online program at University of West Alabama.
User-Centered Design
In the most successful apps, devices and software, form follows function. That's why demand has skyrocketed for user experience design experts. The User-Centered Design program is offered at Brandeis University.
Nonprofit Management and Leadership - Self-Designed
With the Nonprofit Management and Leadership - Self-Designed program at Walden University, you can create your own learning experience and focus on nonprofit management and leadership theories, principles, and practices in an area that matches your specific goals and interests
Art, Culture and Technology
The Art, Culture and Technology program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) facilitates artist-thinkers’ exploration of art’s broad, complex, global history and conjunction with culture, science, technology, and design via rigorous critical artistic practice and practice driven theory.