2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

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 Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,879 people earned their degree in industrial design, making the major the 290th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 90 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 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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The product design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s product design degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Design at Iowa State University

#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2019-2020.

WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112.

Read more about Industrial Design at WSU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $0-$30k)

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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