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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$24,095 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,319 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 81 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Mississippi college or university. This makes it the #82 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Mississippi 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.

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

#1

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

Our analysis found Mississippi College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Mississippi. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Clinton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MC are $20,364 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MC is ranked #4 for overall quality for design in Mississippi.

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#2

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Belhaven University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Mississippi. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Belhaven are $27,825 a year. The average amount in student loans that design majors at Belhaven take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $20,970.

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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
Tennessee 296
Kentucky 84
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 228
Alabama 246
West Virginia 114

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).

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