Associate Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Associate Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual five-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Design and Applied Arts programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 46 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1The Modern College of DesignKettering, Ohio0.13×92%—$39k$42k69%211135 mi 2Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan0.23×——$2k$42k18%13,87615 mi 3Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York0.24×——$5k$50k29%14,2187 mi 4New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island0.26×67%—$36k$49k60%1,7183 mi 5Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York0.27×——$6k$40k27%7,62311 mi 6Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York0.27×60%—$19k$63k81%7,6371 mi 7Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York0.28×——$9k$41k27%4,45635 mi 8Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota0.29×——$14k$49k60%1,533167 mi 9Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio0.30×——$6k$38k41%13,308132 mi 10Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa0.30×——$11k$41k39%10,446300 mi 11Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York0.31×——$7k$48k23%10,6307 mi 12Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio0.32×——$4k$36k31%13,3822 mi 13Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah0.32×——$10k$48k29%18,136540 mi 14Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado0.33×——$12k$48k29%5,383737 mi 15Vet Tech Institute of IndianaIndianapolis, Indiana0.34×75%—$16k$38k64%123134 mi 16Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska0.34×——$5k$39k29%8,775421 mi 17College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada0.34×——$7k$38k19%27,252232 mi 18Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin0.35×——$11k$45k34%3,183167 mi 19Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas0.36×——$14k$45k31%11,332425 mi 20Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois0.36×97%1011$20k$49k35%2,8491 mi 21Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota0.37×——$11k$46k31%6,280124 mi 22Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee0.38×——$5k$38k26%5,284307 mi 23The New SchoolNew York, New York0.38×63%—$59k$53k69%6,5631 mi 24Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon0.38×——$10k$45k18%19,53154 mi 25Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia0.41×——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 26Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana0.42×——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 27Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin0.44×——$15k$33k20%1,0378 mi 28Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York0.44×——$14k$33k21%7431 mi 29Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse NorthLiverpool, New York0.44×——$15k$33k32%45826 mi 30Bryant & Stratton College-GreeceRochester, New York0.44×——$12k$33k10%3634 mi 31Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin0.45×——$11k$47k44%4,95518 mi 32Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin0.45×——$13k$40k51%4,7592 mi 33Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas0.45×——$6k$43k20%30,189127 mi 34Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin0.46×——$11k$46k65%5,82529 mi 35Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia0.48×——$7k$45k32%8,728210 mi 36Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas0.49×——$14k$39k46%9,437178 mi 37Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania0.50×——$12k$42k24%7,66748 mi 38Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina0.54×——$15k$34k31%9,260164 mi 39Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota0.56×——$14k$40k20%5,268135 mi 40Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina0.62×——$4k$36k38%6,27410 mi 41Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana0.63×——$10k$33k24%11,6683 mi 42Sessions CollegeTempe, Arizona0.66×——$15k—40%188166 mi 43Interior Designers InstituteNewport Beach, California0.71×———$55k—973 mi 44Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan0.74×——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 45Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California0.77×——$41k$39k34%3,5871 mi 46Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida0.97×97%—$30k$40k61%17,6784 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.