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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$31,543 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,886 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

With 48 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #97 most popular major in Michigan.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Michigan 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI
$13,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for design and applied arts students. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ferris are $13,188 a year.

Ferris also made our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI
$15,966 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great value for design and applied arts students. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Michigan State are $15,966 a year.

Michigan State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Michigan list.

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$15,500 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Michigan. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan are $15,500 per year.

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$47,585 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at College for Creative Studies helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Michigan. CCS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Detroit.

CCS undergraduate students pay an average of $47,585 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Michigan list. Carnbrook Academy is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 75
Ohio 103
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 3

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

Majors Similar to Design

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 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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