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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$40,251 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Design & Applied Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Boise State University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 316
Utah 569
Idaho 125
Montana 25
Wyoming 22

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 2 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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