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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,129 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,319 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 229 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #40 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Design & Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kansas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

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

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Kansas. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at K -State are $10,420 per year.

K -State also made our Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Kansas State University

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Out of the 3 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU undergraduate students pay an average of $11,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $283.

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

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Kansas

Out of the 3 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WSU are $8,800 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Wichita State University Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 432
Minnesota 533
Iowa 481
Nebraska 223
North Dakota 36
South Dakota 57

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Design

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 3 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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