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2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

12 Colleges
1,392 Bachelor's Degrees
$30,741 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

For this year's Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a bachelor's in design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent design & applied arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the design & applied arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Arizona State University - Tempe tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional design & applied arts students. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at ASU - Tempe is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 students are part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UT Austin is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.

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University of North Texas earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population. UNT also made our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.

The student loan default rate at UNT is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. There are roughly 12,105 part time students in attendance at UNT.

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Texas Christian University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best design & applied arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. TCU also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 218 of TCU students are exclusively distance learners. About 317 of the students at TCU are attending part time.

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University of Houston comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population. UH also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at UH is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 26,121 students at UH that take at least one class online. 13,663 students are part time.

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Texas State University
San Marcos, TX

Texas State University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Texas State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. 8,642 students are part time.

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The University of Texas at Dallas comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Dallas has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UT Dallas is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 10,632 students take at least one class online at UT Dallas. About 5,977 of the students at UT Dallas are attending part time.

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Northern Arizona University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at NAU is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 9,603 students at NAU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 6,368 part time students in attendance at NAU.

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Sam Houston State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 8,795 students take at least one class online at SHSU. There are roughly 6,353 part time students in attendance at SHSU.

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University of Central Oklahoma landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best design & applied arts schools for non-traditional students. UCO is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edmond.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. There are approximately 5,223 students at UCO that take at least one class online. 4,113 of UCO students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students design & applied arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 934
Arizona 374
Oklahoma 165

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 12 schools only.

References

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