by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,130 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 221st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 215 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in visual and performing arts.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wittenberg University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Wittenberg is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Saint Francis is a small school located in Joliet, Illinois that handed out 4 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Full University of St Francis Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 15 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Findlay. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Findlay, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Findlay Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Notre Dame College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame College is a small school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hiram College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Hiram, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Hiram College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school situated in Houghton, Michigan. It awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oakland University is a fairly large school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Oakland University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Andrews University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Berrien Springs, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Beloit College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Beloit is a small school located in Beloit, Wisconsin that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blackburn College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Carlinville, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cardinal Stritch University landed the #5 spot on the list. Cardinal Stritch is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Cardinal Stritch
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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