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2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

39 Colleges
$24,359 Avg Salary
$26,991 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular 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. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Fine & Studio Arts program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for Fine Arts majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named School of the Art Institute of Chicago the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for fine and studio arts students. 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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#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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#4

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cranbrook Academy of Art. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Carnbrook Academy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular 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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Kent State University at Kent ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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
Michigan 72
Illinois 274
Ohio 78
Indiana 44
Wisconsin 54

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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