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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$27,447 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,359 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for Fine Arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools

$27,786 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Columbia College Chicago to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $27,786 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH
$9,732 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Youngstown State University are $9,732 a year.

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$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a great value for fine and studio arts students. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.

SIUE undergraduate students pay an average of $11,496 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ferris State University is a great value for fine and studio arts students. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ferris are $13,188 a year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Ferris State University Report

The excellent programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $24,172 in tuition and fees each year.

Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Illinois State University

$33,390 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value fine and studio arts programs. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

University of St. Francis Fort Wayne undergraduate students pay an average of $33,390 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL
$14,551 Average Tuition & Fees

Eastern Illinois University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value fine and studio arts programs. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $14,551 per year.

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$14,738 Average Tuition & Fees

Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIU are $14,738 per year.

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#9

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

With a ranking of #9, Bradley University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fine and studio arts students. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Peoria.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bradley are $36,360 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bradley also is in the top 20% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Bradley University Report

#10

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN
$20,862 Average Tuition & Fees

Indiana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Indiana State undergraduate students pay an average of $20,862 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 72
Illinois 274
Ohio 78
Indiana 44
Wisconsin 54

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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
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.

  • 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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