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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$44,549 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,141 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #31 most popular major in Rhode Island with 159 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

$32,807 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named New England Institute of Technology the best value school in Rhode Island for design and applied arts students. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at New England Tech are $32,807 a year. While working on their degree, design majors at New England Tech accumulate an average of around $21,846 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $274, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

New England Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Rhode Island list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RISD are $56,290 a year. After completing their degree, design graduates from RISD carry an average student debtload of $27,000. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $676.

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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
Maine 24
Vermont 99

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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