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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$6,080 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. 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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

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 Plains States Region

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

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

#1

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Century College the best value school in the Plains States Region for design and applied arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Century College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Century College are $5,907 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, design majors at Century College accumulate an average of around $18,594 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, Century College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Century College Report

#2

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson County Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCCC are $5,352 per year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Johnson County Community College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College are $5,906 a year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DMACC are $10,440 a year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Des Moines Area Community College

#5

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Saint Louis Community College are $7,155 a year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Saint Louis Community College

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 432
Minnesota 533
Kansas 229
Iowa 481
Nebraska 223
North Dakota 36
South Dakota 57

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 5 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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