2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts 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 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the online visual and performing arts programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbus State Community College the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for visual and performing arts students. Columbus State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DSDT. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Detroit, DSDT is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent online programs at The Modern College of Design helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . The Modern College of Design is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Kettering.
After completing their degree, visual and performing arts graduates from The Modern College of Design carry an average student debtload of $5,500. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $279, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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The excellent online programs at Gateway Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha, Gateway Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Visual & Performing Arts majors at Gateway Technical College take out an average of $14,333 in student loans while working on their egree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northcentral Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Franklin University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for visual and performing arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Franklin University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.
The average amount in student loans that visual and performing arts majors at Franklin University take out is $43,242.
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Michigan State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
Visual & Performing Arts majors at Michigan State take out an average of $28,422 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $389, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a large public school located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.
Visual & Performing Arts majors at BGSU take out an average of $26,750 in student loans while working on their egree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $257.
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The North Coast College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. The North Coast College is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lakewood.
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Rasmussen University - Illinois ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rockford.
While working on their degree, visual and performing arts majors at Rasmussen University - Illinois accumulate an average of around $37,232 in student debt.
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Request InformationMost Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online visual and performing arts colleges 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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Majors Related to 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 11 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.