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2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Design & Applied Arts program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 43% of the design majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 85% of the design majors at the school.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Oakland University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

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#4

Mount Mary University

Milwaukee, WI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Mount Mary University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Milwaukee, Mount Mary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Ferris State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Design & Applied Arts at Ferris State University Report

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 48
Illinois 75
Ohio 103
Indiana 16
Wisconsin 3

Design & Applied Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 6 schools only.

  • 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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