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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$38,690 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,601 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 24 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #106 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

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

Best Design & Applied Arts School

#1

Maine College of Art

Portland, ME
$38,690 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Maine College of Art to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in Maine. Maine College of Art is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Maine College of Art are $38,690 a year. On average, design graduates from Maine College of Art take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Maine College of Art

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 887
Connecticut 241
New Hampshire 456
Rhode Island 159
Vermont 99

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 values are for the top school 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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