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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,014 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,449 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #48 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Texas 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for design in Texas.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 2 spot on the list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $9,727 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNT are $8,256 a year.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

Texas State graduate students pay an average of $9,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 594
Oklahoma 211
New Mexico 30

Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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