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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$30,712 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, design and applied arts was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 36,301 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Design & Applied Arts

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . BGSU is a large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Michigan State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $45,601 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago Report

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,011
Ohio 1,456
Illinois 979
Indiana 417
Wisconsin 717

Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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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