2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree 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.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Southwest 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Colleges.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Design & Applied Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Arizona State University - Skysong
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Full Design & Applied Arts at The University of Texas at Austin Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, OSU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH are $18,871 a year.
UH also claimed a spot on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Texas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree design and applied arts programs. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.
University of Central Oklahoma ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCO are $18,116 per year.
Full Design & Applied Arts at University of Central Oklahoma Report
With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.
Full Design & Applied Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe Report
Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,449 |
| Arizona | 594 |
| Oklahoma | 211 |
| New Mexico | 30 |
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Design & Applied Arts Related Majors for Design
One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 8 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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