2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

With 84 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #92 most popular major in Kentucky.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky 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.

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 Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

31 Degrees

#9 in Quality in Kentucky

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year. After completing their degree, design graduates from UK carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

18 Degrees

#12 in Quality in Kentucky

$10,392 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NKU are $10,392 per year. After completing their degree, design graduates from NKU carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

3 Degrees

#17 in Quality in Kentucky

$10,992 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

WKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Western Kentucky University Report

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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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