Bachelor's Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Lowest Student Debt

Bachelor's Design and Applied Arts Programs with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal program debt. 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 271 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico$11,250——$7k$26k31%7,86814 mi 2CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$12,00080%1010$5k$49k21%13,580< 1 mi 3University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$12,25039%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 4California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California$12,68893%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 5Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$13,00068%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 6San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$13,71636%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 7Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$14,057——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 8California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$14,82797%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 9University of California-DavisDavis, California$15,00042%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 10SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York$15,50081%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 11California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$15,75094%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 12Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$15,750——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 13University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma$15,87578%1090$18k$48k37%10,170432 mi 14California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California$16,13994%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 15University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$16,34486%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 16University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$16,78727%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 17California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$17,21546%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 18University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$17,50043%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 19CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York$17,62564%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 20San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$18,00096%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 21University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin$18,18689%1120$13k$53k48%6,3411 mi 22University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$18,26210%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 23University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$18,83942%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 24Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York$18,87563%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 25California State University-ChicoChico, California$19,04793%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 26Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri$19,08912%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 27East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee$19,25086%1144$16k$45k53%10,004267 mi 28University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$19,77296%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 29University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$19,83924%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 30University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$20,0009%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 31Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington$20,00093%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 32Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$20,25050%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 33University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$20,25011%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 34The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas$20,40365%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 35University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana$20,41687%1219$14k$47k53%12,42826 mi 36Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia$20,50069%1113$15k$58k52%41,254239 mi 37North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina$20,50042%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 38John Brown UniversitySiloam Springs, Arkansas$20,50076%1195$20k$54k72%1,471431 mi 39Park UniversityParkville, Missouri$20,750——$21k$56k38%4,555414 mi 40University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$20,87545%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 41Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$21,06478%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 42California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California$21,16075%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 43Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$21,25011%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 44Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$21,50090%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 45Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona$21,50067%——$63k0%53,782169 mi 46Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina$21,50090%1214$17k$52k75%19,444236 mi 47University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska$21,50087%1191$18k$57k67%19,178469 mi 48Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston, Louisiana$21,51386%1191$12k$52k64%8,312188 mi 49University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$21,53172%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 50Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$21,851——$10k$56k46%16,360551 mi 51Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas$21,87566%1194$26k$56k59%3,195316 mi 52Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana$22,00086%1160$15k$52k62%13,988131 mi 53North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois$22,00077%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 54Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana$22,00074%1220$25k$52k74%2,025114 mi 55Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida$22,25024%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 56University of North TexasDenton, Texas$22,28872%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 57The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$22,50027%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 58Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut$22,64173%1080$17k$59k48%7,82228 mi 59Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$22,80287%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 60State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York$22,87962%1265$19k$58k72%6,08631 mi 61Chapman UniversityOrange, California$23,00065%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 62Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona$23,24590%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 63Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York$23,25075%1216$29k$56k73%1,87311 mi 64Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon$23,41977%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 65Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon$23,41963%1255$18k$64k56%1,044135 mi 66Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey$23,50073%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 67New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York$23,50081%1311$22k$70k59%3,4402 mi 68University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin$23,68492%1150$15k$52k51%7,30675 mi 69Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington$23,79277%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 70University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas$23,88174%1169$18k$58k71%28,677421 mi 71University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota$24,00080%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 72Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$24,35389%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 73California State University-FresnoFresno, California$24,41095%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 74Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$24,50012%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 75Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa$24,57499%—$22k$53k54%1,486300 mi 76Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint Louis, Missouri$24,62195%—$22k$62k66%5,658264 mi 77Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon$24,62598%—$17k$52k47%3,10338 mi 78University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota$24,80089%1251$19k$63k65%7,336< 1 mi 79William Peace UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina$24,97894%1170$22k$47k45%66691 mi 80Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$24,98688%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 81East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina$25,00089%1180$16k$55k63%19,89618 mi 82The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$25,00081%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 83Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York$25,00060%—$19k$63k81%7,6371 mi 84Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York$25,00063%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 85Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama$25,00082%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 86Cedarville UniversityCedarville, Ohio$25,00065%1241$24k$55k73%4,024125 mi 87Meredith CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina$25,00074%1204$22k$52k70%1,18894 mi 88Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$25,10061%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 89University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa$25,10093%1122$16k$55k68%7,529234 mi 90Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire$25,37190%—$18k$54k60%2,69972 mi 91West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia$25,50089%1122$16k$56k65%17,385159 mi 92Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri$25,55086%1102$27k$51k64%2,304262 mi 93Southern Arkansas University Main CampusMagnolia, Arkansas$25,55975%1047$14k$42k49%2,708231 mi 94University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri$25,57664%1050$14k$50k54%5,648386 mi 95Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia$25,62590%1120$19k$52k61%3,01562 mi 96University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois$25,75077%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 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.