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

26 Colleges
$32,734 Avg Salary
$25,957 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts 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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Bowling Green State University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for design and applied arts students. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 26 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

The excellent programs at Cranbrook Academy of Art helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Carnbrook Academy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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Kent State University at Kent did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for design and applied arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#10

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #10, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for design and applied arts students. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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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 26 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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