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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,083 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #20 most popular major in Ohio with 1,456 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Ohio ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Ohio 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio

Check out the design master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio University - Athens Campus the best value school in Ohio for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at OHIO Athens are $9,720 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

Miami University - Oxford graduate students pay an average of $13,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at BGSU are $9,831 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $14,902 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Kent State are $11,766 a year.

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

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

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

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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