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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,522 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,259 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

With 246 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #61 most popular major in Alabama.

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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alabama 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 Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Auburn University the best value school in Alabama for design and applied arts students. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Auburn are $11,826 per year. After completing their degree, design graduates from Auburn carry an average student debtload of $25,000. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $618.

Auburn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Alabama list.

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#2

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Alabama list. UA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA are $11,620 per year. While working on their degree, design majors at UA accumulate an average of around $26,000 in student debt.

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

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#3

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL
$11,120 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Jacksonville State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Alabama. Located in the small suburb of Jacksonville, Jacksonville State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Jacksonville State University are $11,120 per year.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,446
Virginia 889
North Carolina 944
Florida 1,128
Tennessee 296
Kentucky 84
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 228
Mississippi 81
West Virginia 114

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 3 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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