2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in New York
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 380 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #60 most popular major in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
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 New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in New York 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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York
Check out the design master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Design & Applied Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Fashion Institute of Technology the best value school in New York for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. FIT SUNY is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.
FIT SUNY graduate students pay an average of $12,165 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.
University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $14,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Syracuse, Syracuse 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 Syracuse are $42,954 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Syracuse also did well on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value design and applied arts schools in New York. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RPI are $60,026 per year.
RPI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Pratt Institute - Main is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Pratt Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Brooklyn.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pratt Institute are $36,396 per year.
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Rochester Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIT are $52,408 per year.
RIT also claimed a spot on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #7, The New School did quite well on this year’s best value schools for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at New School University are $49,136 a year.
School of Visual Arts came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. SVA is a small private for-profit school located in the city of New York.
SVA graduate students pay an average of $50,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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 |
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Pennsylvania | 77 |
Maryland | 207 |
New Jersey | 0 |
District of Columbia | 33 |
Delaware | 3 |
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Majors Related to Design
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 |
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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 8 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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