A degree in art education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #308 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for art education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 55 degrees in art education to qualified students.
The art education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Art Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Art Education Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the art education degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in art education. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 art education students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in art education has to take a look at Central Michigan University. Central Michigan is a large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.
There were roughly 3 art education students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Eastern Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in art education. Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti. This university ranks 15th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 9 art education students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in art education has to take a look at Grand Valley State University. Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #342 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 art education students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were about 1 art education students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Marquette, Northern Michigan University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 35th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 4 art education students who graduated with this degree at Northern Michigan University in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 12 art education students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent year we have data available.
Wayne State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Detroit. This university ranks 9th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 5 art education students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The art education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Art Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
