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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,906 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree School for You

With 18 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #97 most popular major in Oregon.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oregon to see which master's degree 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon

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

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Design & Applied Arts

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Our analysis found University of Oregon to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Oregon. UO is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Eugene.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UO are $18,120 a year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Oregon

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Pacific Northwest College of Art is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Pacific Northwest College of Art is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pacific Northwest College of Art are $35,691 per year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 194
Washington 6
Nevada 0

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 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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