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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$30,712 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #91 most popular major in the country with 1,979 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'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 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate 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.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Design & Applied Arts

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

Michigan State also claimed a spot on our Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate students pay an average of $45,601 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 48
Illinois 75
Ohio 103
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 3

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 3 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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