2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master'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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the design master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Ferris is a large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.
Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Stout are $17,213 per year.
UW - Stout excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Full Design & Applied Arts at University of Wisconsin - Stout Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.
Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.
Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.
BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Design & Applied Arts at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report
Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 per year.
DePaul University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Notre Dame did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for design and applied arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Notre Dame are $58,662 per year.
Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Ball State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a very large student population.
Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ball State also did well on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Ball State University
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for design and applied arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC are $26,644 a year.
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 |
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Majors Related to Design
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 19 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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