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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$6,817 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,408 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 569 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Utah college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Utah to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah

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

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

LDS Business College

Salt Lake City, UT
$3,656 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named LDS Business College the best value school in Utah for design and applied arts students. LDS Business College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LDS Business College are $3,656 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at LDS Business College Report

#2

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT
$4,086 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Salt Lake Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Utah. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Salt Lake Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,086 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, design graduates from Salt Lake Community College take out $12,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #4 for overall quality for design in Utah.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Salt Lake Community College Report

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BYU are $6,120 a year. Design majors at BYU take out an average of $10,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

BYU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list.

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$6,010 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $6,010 per year. While working on their degree, design majors at UVU accumulate an average of around $21,000 in student debt.

UVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Utah Valley University Report

#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$8,893 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $8,893 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U of U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list.

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$6,228 Average Tuition & Fees

Weber State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $6,228 per year. On average, design graduates from WSU take out $23,647 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

Utah State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah ranking. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USU are $8,960 a year. Design majors at USU take out an average of $19,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Utah State University Report

#8

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT
$6,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern Utah University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Utah ranking. Located in the town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern Utah University are $6,726 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Southern Utah University Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 316
Idaho 125
Montana 25
Wyoming 22

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 8 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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