by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,922 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Michigan, there were 193 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Adrian College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan list. Located in Adrian, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hope College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan list. Located in Holland, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the #3 spot on the list. GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet College landed the #4 spot on the list. Olivet College is located in Olivet, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan list. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Michigan - Flint landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking. University of Michigan - Flint is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Western Michigan University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 15 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Madonna University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan list. Madonna is a small school located in Livonia, Michigan that handed out 2 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Saginaw Valley State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #9. Located in University Center, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
Read full report on Fine Arts at Saginaw Valley State University
Michigan State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Aquinas College Michigan did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking, coming in at #11. Aquinas College Michigan is a private not-for-profit institution located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, Concordia University, Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan list. Concordia University, Ann Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 0 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Fine Arts at Concordia University, Ann Arbor
Albion College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking. Albion, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Calvin University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan list. Grand Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Andrews University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Michigan ranking. This small school is located in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad 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%.
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