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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$32,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Illinois Institute of Technology to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 15% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 a year.

Michigan State also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#6

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

UIUC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $28,468 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago

Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

With a ranking of #10, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,306
Michigan 3,433
Ohio 4,641
Illinois 5,502
Wisconsin 2,248

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355
Arts & Media Management 4,788
Dance 3,288
Other Visual Art 912
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 119
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 Bonnielou2013.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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