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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$20,821 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 77 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #103 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Check out the design graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Design & Applied Arts

Our analysis found Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Pennsylvania. Bloomsburg is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Bloomsburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bloomsburg are $11,871 per year.

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#2

Marywood University

Scranton, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marywood University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Marywood graduate students pay an average of $11,438 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Marywood University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Erie, Mercyhurst is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mercyhurst are $17,043 a year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Mercyhurst University

#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

UPenn also took the #2 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

Full Design & Applied Arts at University of Pennsylvania Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 380
Maryland 207
New Jersey 0
District of Columbia 33
Delaware 3

One of 9 majors within the area of study, design and applied arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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