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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,910 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #45 most popular major in New Jersey with 532 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for design students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 New Jersey

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

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

#1

County College of Morris

Randolph, NJ

Our analysis found County College of Morris to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. County College of Morris is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Randolph.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at County College of Morris are $9,840 per year. Design majors at County College of Morris take out an average of $8,929 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Brookdale Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in New Jersey. Brookdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

Brookdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Berkeley College - Woodland Park

Woodland Park, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkeley College - Woodland Park. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Woodland Park.

Berkeley College - Woodland Park undergraduate students pay an average of $26,085 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that design majors at Berkeley College - Woodland Park take out while working on their Associate Degree is $23,726.

Berkeley College - Woodland Park not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,238
New York 4,391
Maryland 617
District of Columbia 84
Delaware 59

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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