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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$24,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,735 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 207 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #33 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. 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.

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 Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maryland to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

$12,280 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - Baltimore County the best value school in Maryland for design and applied arts students. UMBC is a large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

UMBC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD
$9,364 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Baltimore, UB is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UB are $9,364 a year.

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$52,040 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Maryland Institute College of Art helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Maryland. MICA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MICA are $52,040 a year.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 380
Pennsylvania 77
New Jersey 0
District of Columbia 33
Delaware 3

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
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 3 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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