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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$24,917 Avg Salary
$27,513 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 62 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #194 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the best school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 10
Ohio 67
Indiana 26
Wisconsin 78

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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