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2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

27 Colleges
3,193 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,366 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

For this year's Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 27 colleges that offer a bachelor's in design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent design & applied arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the design & applied arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Design & Applied Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's design & applied arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population. UC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Great Lakes Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. About 10,255 of the students at UC are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - Stout as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 0.9% of UW - Stout students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,297 students at UW - Stout that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,074 part time students in attendance at UW - Stout.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best design & applied arts schools for non-traditional students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Bowling Green State University - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 2.2% of BGSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,353 students at BGSU that take at least one class online. 4,329 of BGSU students are attending part time.

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Kent State University at Kent earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at Kent State is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,625 students at Kent State that take at least one class online. 6,651 students are part time.

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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best design & applied arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.

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Indiana University - Bloomington comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population. IU Bloomington not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Great Lakes Region list.

The student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,256 part time students in attendance at IU Bloomington.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Great Lakes Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Design & Applied Arts in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. There are roughly 7,612 part time students in attendance at Purdue.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students design & applied arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 703
Ohio 1,074
Illinois 768
Indiana 289
Wisconsin 396

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Design & Applied Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

References

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