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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,053 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found School of the Art Institute of Chicago to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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

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#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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

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Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Of the 6 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UIUC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Western Illinois University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

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With a ranking of #6, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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 #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 9 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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