2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for visual and performing arts students. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Out of the 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular visual and performing arts programs. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.
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DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular visual and performing arts programs. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Visual & Performing Arts students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI |
| 12 | Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus, OH |
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1,053 |
| Indiana | 417 |
| Ohio | 791 |
| Wisconsin | 146 |
| Michigan | 469 |
Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
| 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 25 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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