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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$5,520 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #42 most popular major in Massachusetts with 887 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Check out the design associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree School

Our analysis found Springfield Technical Community College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $5,520 per year. On average, design graduates from STCC take out $10,731 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Springfield Technical Community College Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

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

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 values are for the top school 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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