2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Florida

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Florida, there were 1,450 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,070 and $31,008 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in Florida

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s design degrees to qualified students.

UF also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at UF

#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. Florida State is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 6 masters’s design degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$19,468 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #3 spot on the list. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s design degrees to 88 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Full Sail University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Full Sail University are $19,468, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Design & Applied Arts at Full Sail University

#4

AI Miami International University of Art and Design

Miami, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$23,799 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$31,305 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Design Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s design degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College also made our “Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at AI Miami International University of Art and Design are $23,799, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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