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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 569 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Utah college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Utah 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 Utah

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

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

#1

LDS Business College

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found LDS Business College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Utah. LDS Business College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LDS Business College are $3,656 per year.

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#2

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent associate degree programs at Salt Lake Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Utah. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Salt Lake Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,086 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Design majors at Salt Lake Community College take out an average of $13,028 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for design in Utah.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,010 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Design & Applied Arts at Utah Valley University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $6,228 per year.

WSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 316
Idaho 125
Montana 25
Wyoming 22

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 4 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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