2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

If you plan on getting your associate degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #9 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 468 associate degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Visual & Performing Arts School for Your Associate Degree

The visual & performing arts associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual & performing arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Michigan

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Michigan Schools for an Associate in Visual & Performing Arts

1

Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Northern Michigan University is a good option for individuals interested in an associate degree in visual & performing arts. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Marquette.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Northern Michigan University

2

Macomb Community College
Warren, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in visual & performing arts has to check out Macomb Community College. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Warren.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Macomb Community College

3

Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a good decision for students interested in an associate degree in visual & performing arts. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Kalamazoo.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	36	378
Indiana	35	137
Wisconsin	31	348
Illinois	30	263

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	260
Fine & Studio Arts	99
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	68
Music	27
General Visual & Performing Arts	8
Drama & Theater Arts	5
Dance	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.