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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$15,226 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,842 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #36 most popular major in the country with 36,301 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Gnomon

Hollywood, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Gnomon the best value school in the Far Western US Region for design and applied arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Gnomon is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Hollywood.

Gnomon undergraduate students pay an average of $28,155 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, design majors at Gnomon accumulate an average of around $40,803 in student debt.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Los Angeles Trade Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $9,012 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, design majors at Los Angeles Trade Technical College accumulate an average of around $13,156 in student debt.

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#3

San Diego Mesa College

San Diego, CA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at San Diego Mesa College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in the Far Western US Region . San Diego Mesa College is a large public school located in the city of San Diego.

San Diego Mesa College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,512 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,773
Washington 532
Oregon 490
Nevada 110
Hawaii 19

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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