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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,428 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,319 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 490 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Oregon college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Oregon to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for design students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon

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

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Design & Applied Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Portland State University the best value school in Oregon for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland State University are $9,807 a year. On average, design graduates from Portland State University take out $29,377 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Oregon. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Oregon State are $12,188 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, design majors at Oregon State accumulate an average of around $24,981 in student debt.

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#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Oregon helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Oregon. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UO are $13,856 per year.

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#4

George Fox University

Newberg, OR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon list. GFU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Newberg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GFU are $38,520 per year.

GFU also made our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon list, coming in at #4.

Full Design & Applied Arts at George Fox University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon list. Located in the city of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pacific Northwest College of Art are $42,768 per year. On average, design graduates from Pacific Northwest College of Art take out $26,145 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,773
Washington 532
Nevada 110
Hawaii 19

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 5 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).

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