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2022 Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
294 Degrees Awarded
$27,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k” 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 Oregon, there were 553 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,056 and $27,362 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 294 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality design and applied arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts (Income Over $110k) in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $13,040 for oregon bachelor’s degree design students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Portland State University.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Portland State University

#2

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western Oregon State College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $19,315 for oregon bachelor’s degree design students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Western Oregon State College.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Western Oregon State College

#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s design students in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for UO is $16,461 for oregon bachelor’s degree design students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Oregon

#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 100 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $20,016 for oregon bachelor’s degree design students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Oregon State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Oregon State University

#5

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newberg, Oregon, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for GFU is $30,378 for oregon bachelor’s degree design students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at GFU

Pacific Northwest College of Art came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Pacific Northwest College of Art is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s design degrees to qualified students.

Pacific Northwest College of Art not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art is $33,872 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Design students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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