2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You
Fine & Studio Arts is the #67 most popular major in the country with 3,224 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the Fine Arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Notre Dame the best school in the Great Lakes Region for fine and studio arts students. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
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The excellent programs at Eastern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.
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Out of the 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
Out of the 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 4 spot on the list. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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Illinois State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #8, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for fine and studio arts students. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for fine and studio arts students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
With a ranking of #10, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on this year’s best schools for fine and studio arts students. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 72 |
Illinois | 274 |
Ohio | 78 |
Indiana | 44 |
Wisconsin | 54 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Fine Arts
One of 9 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Fine Arts
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Music | 7,675 |
Design & Applied Arts | 1,979 |
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 25 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.
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