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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

2 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k” 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.

This year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in industrial design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial design 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 Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree product design students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s product design degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

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#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. WSU is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees 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.

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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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