2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts 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.
The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in New York 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.
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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges.
Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts
Our analysis found Fashion Institute of Technology to be the best value school for design and applied arts students who want to pursue a degree in New York. FIT SUNY is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FIT SUNY are $7,793 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University at Buffalo is a great value for design and applied arts students. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.
University at Buffalo undergraduate students pay an average of $10,782 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Syracuse University is a great value for design and applied arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Syracuse undergraduate students pay an average of $57,591 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Syracuse also is in the top 15% of our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York ranking.
The excellent programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in New York. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RPI are $58,526 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, RPI also is in the top 10% of our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York ranking.
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Out of the 8 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the # 5 spot on the list. Pratt Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Brooklyn.
Pratt Institute undergraduate students pay an average of $55,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for design and applied arts students. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RIT are $50,951 per year.
RIT excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York list.
The New School came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York ranking. Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New School University are $52,338 per year.
School of Visual Arts ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in New York list. SVA is a small private for-profit school located in the city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SVA are $45,000 a year.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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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