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2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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$21,983 Avg Salary
$17,456 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found The Modern College of Design to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Great Lakes Region . The Modern College of Design is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Kettering.

About 76% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 24% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Gateway Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 72% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Gateway Technical College Report

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northcentral Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 40% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 60% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus State Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Columbus State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Women make up 61% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#5

The North Coast College

Lakewood, OH

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The North Coast College landed the # 5 spot on the list. The North Coast College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lakewood.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at The North Coast College Report

With a ranking of #6, Rasmussen University - Illinois did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rockford.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Rasmussen University - Illinois

Explore the most popular online 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 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 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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