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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,261 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

With 1,011 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #28 most popular major in Michigan.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Michigan 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our analysis found Macomb Community College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Michigan. Macomb Community College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Warren.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $6,090 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, design graduates from Macomb Community College carry an average student debtload of $10,363.

Macomb Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Macomb Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kalamazoo Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Kalamazoo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kalamazoo Valley Community College are $6,432 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, design graduates from Kalamazoo Valley Community College carry an average student debtload of $19,684.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Kalamazoo Valley Community College 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
Ohio 1,456
Illinois 979
Indiana 417
Wisconsin 717

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

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.

  • 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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