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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,169 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

Design & Applied Arts is the #135 most popular major in Washington with 6 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in Washington. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wazzu are $12,417 a year.

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$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $12,076 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Washington list.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 194
Oregon 18
Nevada 0

Design & Applied Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

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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