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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$33,722 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

Design & Applied Arts is the #106 most popular major in Illinois with 75 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Illinois

Check out the design master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Illinois Institute of Technology to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois Tech are $30,822 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Northwestern University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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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
Michigan 48
Ohio 103
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 3

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

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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