by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 413 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,172 and $32,890 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in general visual and performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus College of Art and Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 14 masters’s visual 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 9 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis General Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 18 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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