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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,297 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

With 417 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #57 most popular major in Indiana.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for design students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $9,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also took the #2 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Ball State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Indiana. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $10,144 in in-state 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 Indiana list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $10,389 per year.

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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

Notre Dame graduate students pay an average of $58,662 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

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 4 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).

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