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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,690 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,808 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

With 114 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #54 most popular major in West Virginia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia 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 West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our analysis found West Virginia University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year. On average, design graduates from WVU take out $26,000 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $621.

WVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in West Virginia list.

Full Design & Applied Arts at West Virginia University Report

#2

Concord University

Athens, WV

The excellent programs at Concord University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in West Virginia. Located in the town of Athens, Concord University is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Concord University are $8,690 a 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
Alabama 246
Mississippi 81

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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