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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,295 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,842 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,446 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Georgia college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Georgia to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Our analysis found Gwinnett Technical College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Georgia. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,236 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center are $19,400 a year. Design majors at Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center take out an average of $29,554 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Out of the 4 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Atlanta landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ai Atlanta is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Atlanta.

Ai Atlanta undergraduate students pay an average of $19,354 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

The Creative Circus

Atlanta, GA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at The Creative Circus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Georgia. Located in the city of Atlanta, The Creative Circus is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

On average, design graduates from The Creative Circus take out $30,218 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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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
Virginia 889
North Carolina 944
Florida 1,128
Tennessee 296
Kentucky 84
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 84
Arkansas 228
Alabama 246
Mississippi 81
West Virginia 114

One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Design

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 4 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).

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