2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree School for You
Design & Applied Arts is the #91 most popular major in the country with 1,979 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the design master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Design & Applied Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the Great Lakes Region for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.
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Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
College for Creative Studies ranked #6 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. CCS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.
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Miami University - Oxford came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford.
Ball State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Design & Applied Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for design and applied arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #10, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best schools for design and applied arts students working on their master’s degree. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best design and applied arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 48 |
Illinois | 75 |
Ohio | 103 |
Indiana | 16 |
Wisconsin | 3 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Design
Design & Applied Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Music | 7,675 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 3,224 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 1,704 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 1,699 |
Arts & Media Management | 1,184 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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