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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$36,146 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in Michigan 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 Michigan 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

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

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

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Our analysis found Ferris State University to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Michigan. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Eastern Michigan University is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Eastern Michigan are $16,672 a year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Eastern Michigan University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College for Creative Studies. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. CCS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCS are $49,655 per year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at College for Creative Studies

#4

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

The excellent master’s degree programs at Cranbrook Academy of Art helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in Michigan. Carnbrook Academy is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

Carnbrook Academy graduate students pay an average of $42,110 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
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 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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