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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$18,618 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,319 Avg Salary

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

With 889 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #43 most popular major in Virginia.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Virginia to see which bachelor's 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia

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

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

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Virginia Tech are $14,174 a year.

Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.

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#2

Radford University

Radford, VA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Radford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Virginia. Located in the suburb of Radford, Radford is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Radford are $11,542 a year.

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Out of the 7 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 3 spot on the list. VCU is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VCU are $15,028 a year. Design majors at VCU take out an average of $24,250 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $280.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Out of the 7 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Liberty University are $16,160 a year. Design majors at Liberty University take out an average of $23,836 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $432, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#5

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Virginia. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Regent are $18,820 a year.

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#6

Marymount University

Arlington, VA

Marymount University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for design and applied arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Marymount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Arlington.

Marymount undergraduate students pay an average of $35,250 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Marymount University Report

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, Ai Virginia Beach is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ai Virginia Beach are $19,354 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, design graduates from Ai Virginia Beach carry an average student debtload of $41,008. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $381, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,446
North Carolina 944
Florida 1,128
Tennessee 296
Kentucky 84
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 228
Alabama 246
Mississippi 81
West Virginia 114

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 7 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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