2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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.
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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Visual & Performing Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Macomb Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $7,680 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cuyahoga Community College District landed the # 3 spot on the list. Cuyahoga Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Cleveland.
Cuyahoga Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $8,586 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Visual & Performing Arts at Cuyahoga Community College District Report
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.
UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.
With a ranking of #6, SAE Institute - Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. SAE Institute - Chicago is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
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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 |
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Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors for Visual & Performing Arts
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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