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Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, design and applied arts was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 36,301 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Design & Applied Arts program at each school on the list.

Check out the design graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

About 43% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 57% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. BGSU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.

About 85% of the students majoring in design at the school are women while 15% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular design and applied arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the town of Big Rapids.

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#4

Mount Mary University

Milwaukee, WI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mount Mary University is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Mount Mary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Oakland University is a great place for design and applied arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Design & Applied Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best design and applied arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,011
Ohio 1,456
Illinois 979
Indiana 417
Wisconsin 717

Design & Applied Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Design

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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