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2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$10,641 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,365 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 51 degrees and certificates were awarded to design and applied arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #136 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. 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 Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Design & Applied Arts

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for design and applied arts students. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $11,752 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Texas list.

Full Design & Applied Arts at The University of Texas at Austin Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Design & Applied Arts Schools in Texas list. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Design & Applied Arts Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$11,090 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for design and applied arts students. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNT are $11,090 a year.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$11,135 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in Texas. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Texas State University Report

Best Value Design & Applied Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 36
Oklahoma 4

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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