2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Design & Applied Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Collin County Community College District the best value school in the Southwest Region for design and applied arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of McKinney.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Collin County Community College District are $5,104 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Collin County Community College District also is in the top 10% of our Best Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, design graduates from El Centro College carry an average student debtload of $8,935.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, El Centro College is ranked #5 for overall quality for design in the Southwest Region .
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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Scottsdale Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Scottsdale Community College are $7,854 per year.
Scottsdale Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma City Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OCCC is a large public school located in the city of Oklahoma City.
OCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,810 in tuition and fees each year.
The Art Institute of Houston landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate design and applied arts programs. Ai Houston is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ai Houston are $19,354 a year.
Clary Sage College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Clary Sage College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.
After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, design graduates from Clary Sage College carry an average student debtload of $16,319.
Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best design and applied arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 1,449 |
| Arizona | 594 |
| Oklahoma | 211 |
| New Mexico | 30 |
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Design & Applied Arts Related Majors for Design
One of 10 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 7 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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