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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$34,036 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,263 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 13 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #139 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Lindenwood University the best value school in Missouri for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Saint Charles, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

WUSTL graduate students pay an average of $58,288 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WUSTL is ranked #1 for overall quality for design in Missouri.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Washington University in St Louis

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 18
Iowa 13
Kansas 7

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

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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