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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$30,644 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 18 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #109 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for design majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Minnesota. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 per year.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #2 spot in our Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

Full Design & Applied Arts at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a great value for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, MCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

MCAD graduate students pay an average of $41,794 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 13
Iowa 13
Kansas 7

Design & Applied Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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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