2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #83 most popular major in District of Columbia with 84 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which 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.

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 Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

American University

Washington, DC

25 Degrees

#3 in Quality in District of Columbia

$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found American University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The American University undergraduate students pay an average of $51,334 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University also took the #3 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at American University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, DC

47 Degrees

#2 in Quality in District of Columbia

$57,984 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for design and applied arts students. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year.

GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in District of Columbia list.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at George Washington University

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Majors Related to Design

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Design

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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