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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$9,317 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #53 most popular major in Tennessee with 296 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Tennessee 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Chattanooga State Community College the best value school in Tennessee for design and applied arts students working on their associate degree. Chattanooga State Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chattanooga State Community College are $4,430 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, design graduates from Chattanooga State Community College carry an average student debtload of $17,677.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Nashville State Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Tennessee. Nashville State Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nashville State Community College are $4,372 per year.

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#3

Nossi College of Art

Madison, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nossi College of Art. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Madison, Nossi College of Art is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Nossi College of Art undergraduate students pay an average of $19,150 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,446
Virginia 889
North Carolina 944
Florida 1,128
Kentucky 84
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 228
Alabama 246
Mississippi 81
West Virginia 114

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 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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