2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Michigan
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In 2019-2020, 12,032 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across Michigan, there were 128 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine arts 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 fine arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan.
Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Michigan
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.
Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $19,173 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Michigan State University.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan list. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 17 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan is $15,981 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan list. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
WMU also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Western Michigan University is $19,433 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Saginaw Valley State University landed the #4 spot on the list. University Center, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
Saginaw Valley State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $14,248 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Saginaw Valley State University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Flint. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan list. Located in Flint, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
UM Flint also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $12,734 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend UM Flint.
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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.
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