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2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

47 Colleges
3,436 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,213 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

For this year's Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 47 colleges that offer a bachelor's in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine & studio arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

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

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2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Indiana University - Bloomington has taken the #1 spot in this year's fine & studio arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 18,013 students take at least one class online at IU Bloomington. There are roughly 5,256 part time students in attendance at IU Bloomington.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region list.

The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Michigan - Ann Arbor as the #3 school in this year's rankings. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. U-M also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 15,737 students take at least one class online at U-M. 3,568 of U-M students are attending part time.

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Illinois State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population. Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region list.

About 1.7% of Illinois State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,464 students at Illinois State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,500 part time students in attendance at Illinois State.

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Eastern Illinois University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. There are approximately 2,449 students at EIU that take at least one class online. About 3,894 of the students at EIU are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - Whitewater as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a large student population.

The student loan default rate at UW - Whitewater is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,785 students take at least one class online at UW - Whitewater. There are roughly 2,457 part time students in attendance at UW - Whitewater.

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Our rankings recognize Ohio State University - Main Campus as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State also made our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.

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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIC has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,712 part time students in attendance at UIC.

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Our rankings recognize Ball State University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Ball State is a large public school located in the city of Muncie. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Ball State also did well on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.

The student loan default rate at Ball State is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,100 students take at least one class online at Ball State. 6,060 students are part time.

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Northern Illinois University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 2.1% of NIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,712 students take at least one class online at NIU. 4,345 of NIU students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 558
Ohio 784
Illinois 1,222
Indiana 579
Wisconsin 531

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Fine & Studio 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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