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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$19,889 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,842 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 113 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #61 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.

The Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Virginia 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 Virginia

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA
$16,160 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in Virginia for design and applied arts students. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Liberty University undergraduate students pay an average of $16,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Liberty University Report

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
$13,119 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Mason University is a great value for design and applied arts students. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $13,119 per year.

GMU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Virginia list.

Full Design & Applied Arts at George Mason University Report

#3

Marymount University

Arlington, VA
$35,250 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Marymount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.

Marymount undergraduate students pay an average of $35,250 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Marymount University

$15,028 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Virginia. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

VCU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,028 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 106
Georgia 259
North Carolina 22
Tennessee 1
Kentucky 2
Alabama 17
South Carolina 12
Mississippi 4
Arkansas 0

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 4 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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