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2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$31,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,209 people earned their degree in other design and applied arts, making the major the 407th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 89 other design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 other design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in other design and applied arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other design and applied arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other design and applied arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other design & applied arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Design & Applied Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Ferris State University is a public institution located in Big Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ferris State University are $7,908.

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#4

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Stout is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees to qualified students.

UW - Stout not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stout are $16,851, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695.

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#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 10 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644.

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#7

College for Creative Studies

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, College for Creative Studies did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 2 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees in 2019-2020.

CCS also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCS are $49,655, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, School of the Art Institute of Chicago did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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