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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

Check out the visual arts master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Columbus College of Art and Design the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.

Of the 14 students majoring in visual arts at CCAD, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Of the 9 students majoring in visual arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Women make up 56% of the visual arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 10
Ohio 67
Illinois 62
Indiana 26
Wisconsin 78

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

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 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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