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2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
64 Degrees Awarded
$40,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Industrial Design is the 290th most popular major in the country with 1,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 410 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in industrial design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the industrial design program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Jefferson University landed the #1 spot on the list. Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 9 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k list, Thomas Jefferson University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Thomas Jefferson University are $21,978.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s product design students in 2019-2020.

RIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442.

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#3

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pratt Institute - Main. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pratt Institute, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute - Main are $35,226, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Industrial Design at Pratt Institute - Main

#4

The New School

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The New School. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. The New School is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 23 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

New School University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The New School are $47,642, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of the Arts. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UArts, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UArts are $46,680, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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