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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,341 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

With 417 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #57 most popular major in Indiana.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for design students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Indiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in Indiana for design and applied arts students working on their associate degree. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,637 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, design graduates from Ivy Tech Community College take out $17,560 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Ivy Tech Community College

Out of the 3 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 2 spot on the list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI undergraduate students pay an average of $10,044 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

The excellent associate degree programs at International Business College - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Indiana. International Business College - Indianapolis is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at International Business College - Indianapolis are $13,960 a year. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $191.

Full Design & Applied Arts at International Business College - Indianapolis Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,011
Ohio 1,456
Illinois 979
Wisconsin 717

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 schools only.

  • 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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