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Best Value Colleges for Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

5

Schools Ranked

$22,066

Avg. Earnings

N/A

Best Payback

83

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI · Private	$32,671	$25,194	N/A
2	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA · Public	$18,553	$20,596	N/A
3	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA · Public	$22,881	$24,267	N/A
4	U University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA · Private	$38,272	$21,964	N/A
5	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$18,309	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.