2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You
Design & Applied Arts is the #36 most popular major in the country with 36,301 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 34 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the design bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found West Texas A&M University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southwest Region . West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Texas A&M University are $11,208 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Grand Canyon University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
SHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,752 in tuition and fees each year.
SHSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.
TWU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,186 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU are $24,764 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU also is in the top 15% of our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 15% of our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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University of North Texas landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree design and applied arts programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNT are $20,906 a year. On average, design graduates from UNT take out $22,744 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 $368.
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With a ranking of #8, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $22,559 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, design majors at Texas State accumulate an average of around $25,129 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $286, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s best value schools for design and applied arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH are $21,891 a year.
UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
University of Advancing Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Advancing Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
University of Advancing Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $17,461 in tuition and fees each year.
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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best design and applied arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,449 |
| Arizona | 594 |
| Oklahoma | 211 |
| New Mexico | 30 |
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Design & Applied Arts Related Majors for Design
One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 25 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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