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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 18,379 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

Check out the visual and performing arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Women make up 58% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC is a very large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Women make up 48% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

About 45% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 55% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 57% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 56% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UW - Madison, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 41% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for visual and performing arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 59% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#9

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 47% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#10

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,053
Indiana 417
Ohio 791
Wisconsin 146
Michigan 469

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
Arts & Media Management 1,184
General Visual & Performing Arts 390
Dance 257
Other Visual Art 254
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 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 Bonnielou2013.

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