2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 20 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,300 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan bachelor’s degree visual arts students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Michigan

#1

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$15,981 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan list. Central Michigan is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,981 for michigan bachelor’s degree visual arts students per year to attend Central Michigan.

Full Central Michigan University General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$11,802 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oakland, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $11,802 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend Oakland.

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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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