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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$25,320 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for design students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Marywood University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Marywood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marywood are $11,438 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Bloomsburg graduate students pay an average of $16,731 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Erie.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mercyhurst are $17,043 a year.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC

Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 4 spot on the list. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,238
New York 4,391
Maryland 617
New Jersey 532
District of Columbia 84
Delaware 59

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 5 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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