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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $30-$48k) in New Hampshire

4 Ranked Colleges
387 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor's in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Design & Applied Arts is the 34th most popular major in the country with 36,854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,542 and had an average of $27,114 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 421 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,700 and $24,160 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 387 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent design and applied arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $30-$48k) in New Hampshire

#1

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.

Keene State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for Keene State College is $14,717 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Keene State

#2

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby - Sawyer College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in New London, New Hampshire, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby - Sawyer also took the #4 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colby - Sawyer is $20,526 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Colby - Sawyer Design & Applied Arts Report

#3

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k. SNHU is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 345 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new hampshire bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $30-$48k list, SNHU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $42,860 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southern New Hampshire University.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at SNHU

#4

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Henniker, New Hampshire, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

NEC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $26,858 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree design students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New England College.

Full New England College Design & Applied Arts Report

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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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