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

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found Indiana University - Bloomington to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

About 47% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 53% are male.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.

Of the 19 students majoring in visual and performing arts at BGSU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in visual and performing arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means DePaul University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in visual and performing arts at DePaul, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Ohio University - Athens Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 54% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

#7

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Roosevelt, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Cleveland Institute of Music landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 29% are male.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

About 86% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 14% are male.

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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 graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 33% are male.

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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 29 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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