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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drawing in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 358 people earned their degree in drawing, making the major the 680th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 35 drawing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 drawing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in drawing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drawing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drawing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drawing in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Oakland is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 3 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oakland University is $11,802 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree drawing students.

Read more about Drawing at Oakland

#2

Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Shawnee State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portsmouth, Ohio, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s drawing students in 2019-2020.

Shawnee State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Shawnee State University is $16,320 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students.

Full Shawnee State University Drawing Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marion, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for IWU is $20,946 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree drawing students.

Read more about Drawing at IWU

#4

American Academy of Art

Chicago, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Academy of Art. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. The Academy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The Academy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $28,106 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students per year to attend American Academy of Art.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full American Academy of Art Drawing Report

#5

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Bradley is a medium-sized school located in Peoria, Illinois that handed out 2 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree drawing students list, Bradley has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $25,634 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree drawing 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Bradley Drawing Report

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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