2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 553 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,056 and $27,362 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 design and applied arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s design students in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UO are $29,991, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at UO

#2

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$35,772 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k list. Pacific Northwest College of Art is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s design degrees to qualified students.

Pacific Northwest College of Art also took the #2 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pacific Northwest College of Art are $35,772, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Pacific Northwest College of Art Design & Applied Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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