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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,295 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,224 Avg Salary

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

With 432 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #45 most popular major in Missouri.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

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

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

#1

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

Our analysis found Saint Louis Community College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Missouri. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Louis Community College are $5,295 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, design graduates from Saint Louis Community College carry an average student debtload of $16,318.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens - The Institute of Business & Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Saint Louis, Siba is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Siba undergraduate students pay an average of $13,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Stevens - The Institute of Business & Arts

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 533
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.

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 2 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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