"design degree" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, "She is pursuing a design degree at a prestigious university."
Senior special effects designer Daniel Joseph, for instance, went to college for an industrial design degree and worked at haunted houses in Philadelphia before catching the attention of Disney.
"Designers are problem solvers", says James Roberts, a graduate of Loughborough University's product design degree.
He started upcycling seven years ago for a project set around Martino Gamper's "100 Chairs" (the Italian designer transformed 100 old and broken chairs) during his furniture and product design degree at London Metropolitan University.
She's thinking about some kind of fashion or design degree.
Kevin graduated from Boston University with a design degree and was an Air Force veteran.
I then appled to Wimbledon College of Art for their famous Theatre Design degree.
I'm technically still on a year out from a graphic design degree.
Thomas, now embarking on an interior design degree, says he was initially less sure how well it would work.
Way down the list come English literature, fine arts and design degree-holders, at around £25,000 per annum.
"And gaming is interactive storytelling, so a game-design degree would fit in more with a film school".
After completing her Interior Design degree, Courtney became a designer and project manager for Sullivan and Associates.
