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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,703 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

With 22 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, design and applied arts is the #139 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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.

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

Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at North Carolina State University

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 113
Florida 106
Georgia 259
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
Alabama 17
South Carolina 12
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 0

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 values are for the top school 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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