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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

2 Colleges
$23,224 Avg Salary
$17,798 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, design and applied arts was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 36,301 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Top New England Region Schools for an Associate in Design & Applied Arts

Our analysis found New England Institute of Technology to be the best school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich.

The average amount in student loans that design majors at New England Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $16,447. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $274.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Springfield Technical Community College is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their associate degree. STCC is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

While working on their Associate Degree, design majors at STCC accumulate an average of around $10,731 in student debt.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Springfield Technical Community College Report

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 887
Connecticut 241
New Hampshire 456
Maine 24
Rhode Island 159
Vermont 99

Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Design

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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