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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #194 most popular major in the country with 390 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree 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 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis the best school in the Great Lakes Region for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The excellent master’s degree programs at Columbus College of Art and Design helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Columbus.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Columbus College of Art and Design Report

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Illinois 9
Ohio 18
Indiana 9
Wisconsin 0

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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