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2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Design & Applied Arts is the 407th most popular major in the country with 1,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other design and applied arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Design & Applied Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 6 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #1 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 Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

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#2 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Other Design & Applied Arts Report

#3

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin

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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s other design and applied arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Stout, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Stout are $16,851, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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.

Ferris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. 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 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 $75-$110k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other design and applied arts degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois Tech Other Design & Applied Arts Report

#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other design and applied arts degrees to 10 students 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Other Design & Applied Arts Report

#7

College for Creative Studies

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

College for Creative Studies 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 $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. College for Creative Studies is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s other design and applied arts degrees to qualified students.

CCS also made our “Best Other Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at College for Creative Studies are $49,655.

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#7 in overall quality

School of the Art Institute of Chicago came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Design & Applied Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree other design & applied arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, School of the Art Institute of Chicago has also earned the #7 rank 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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