2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region
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Graphic Design is the 105th most popular major in the country with 8,541 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,456 graphic design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 895 graphic design graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 41 colleges that offer a degree in graphic design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality graphic design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the graphic design program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Design in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Wisconsin - Stout is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s graphic design degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Stout, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UW - Stout is $15,839 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 41 schools in the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #19 spot in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ferris is $12,889 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
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Out of the 41 schools in the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s graphic design degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
WMU also took the #22 spot in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WMU is $19,433 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan University is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 15 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,981 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students per year to attend Central Michigan.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Akron. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Herzing Akron is $22,416 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
Northeastern Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s graphic design degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students list, Northeastern Illinois University has also earned the #25 rank in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $15,843 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students per year to attend Northeastern Illinois University.
Cleveland State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 12 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Cleveland State University is $17,278 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
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University of Akron Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $17,792 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.
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Oakland University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oakland University is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s graphic design degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $11,802 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students per year to attend Oakland.
Rasmussen University - Wisconsin came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is a small school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 2 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is $19,917 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
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Cedarville University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Cedarville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedarville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students list, Cedarville has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $21,727 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students per year to attend Cedarville.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Saginaw Valley State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in University Center, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic design students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Saginaw Valley State University is $14,248 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 21 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus is $22,906 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s graphic design degrees to qualified students.
UIC also took the #10 spot in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UIC is $13,312 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $15,880 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Grace College and Theological Seminary landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Winona Lake, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic design students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Grace College is $20,820 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Taylor University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Upland, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic design students in 2019-2020.
Taylor U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Taylor U is $25,888 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Madonna University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #18. Madonna University is a small school located in Livonia, Michigan that handed out 7 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Madonna is $17,574 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
With a ranking of #19, Edgewood College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Edgewood is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s graphic design degrees to qualified students.
Edgewood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #20 on our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Edgewood is $25,601 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Columbia College Chicago landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Columbia College Chicago is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 67 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $31,099 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students per year to attend Columbia.
Bradley University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 18 bachelors’s graphic design degrees in 2019-2020.
Bradley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $25,634 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design students per year to attend Bradley.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Carthage College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #22. Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic design students in 2019-2020.
Carthage not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #21 on our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Carthage is $28,191 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Mount Mary University landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s graphic design degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $19,775 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students per year to attend Mount Mary University.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #24, American Academy of Art did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s graphic design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for American Academy of Art is $28,106 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Graphic Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic design students in 2019-2020.
MIAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Graphic Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $24,638 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree graphic design students per year to attend Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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