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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,908 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 533 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #38 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Alexandria Technical & Community College the best value school in Minnesota for design and applied arts students working on their associate degree. ATCC is a small public school located in the town of Alexandria.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATCC are $5,910 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, design majors at ATCC accumulate an average of around $14,460 in student debt.

ATCC also claimed a spot on our Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Alexandria Technical & Community College

#2

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

The excellent associate degree programs at Century College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Minnesota. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of White Bear Lake.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Century College are $5,907 a year. Design majors at Century College take out an average of $18,527 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Century College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, design graduates from Minneapolis Community and Technical College take out $30,566 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Minneapolis Community and Technical College Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 432
Kansas 229
Iowa 481
Nebraska 223
North Dakota 36
South Dakota 57

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Design

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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