2022 Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota

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 Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 36,854 people earned their degree in design and applied arts, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States. 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 North Dakota, there were 44 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,900 and $12,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,663 and $15,449 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in design and applied arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great design and applied arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in North Dakota

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$9,420 Average Net Price

$29,141 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota list. BSC is a small public school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 13 associates’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

BSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bismarck State College is $9,420 for North Dakota Associate Degree Design students.

Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at BSC

#2

Rasmussen University - North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$18,939 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for an Associate in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s design degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Rasmussen University - North Dakota also took the #2 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rasmussen University - North Dakota is $18,939 for North Dakota Associate Degree Design students.

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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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