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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$54,659 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,319 Avg Salary

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #83 most popular major in District of Columbia with 84 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia 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. 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.

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Design & Applied Arts

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the best value school in District of Columbia for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The American University undergraduate students pay an average of $51,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,238
New York 4,391
Maryland 617
New Jersey 532
Delaware 59

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 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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