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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$32,890 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts 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 Most Popular General Visual & Performing 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 6 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 General Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual arts majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Columbus College of Art and Design the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for general visual and performing arts students. CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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 6 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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