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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,907 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,842 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 533 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #38 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Our analysis found Century College to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Minnesota. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Century College are $5,907 a year. Design majors at Century College take out an average of $18,594 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Out of the 2 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 432
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.

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 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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