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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,149 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 229 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #40 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Kansas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas

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

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

Our analysis found Wichita State University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kansas. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a large student population.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $7,252 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Wichita State University

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at KU are $11,045 a year.

KU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list.

Full Design & Applied Arts at University of Kansas Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 432
Minnesota 533
Iowa 481
Nebraska 223
North Dakota 36
South Dakota 57

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 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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