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2025 Best Arts & Media Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

12 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
601 Media Management Degrees Awarded
$33,379 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in arts & media management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #136 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for arts & media management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 601 degrees in arts & media management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Arts & Media Management School

Best Arts & Media Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region Your choice of arts & media management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Arts & Media Management School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Arts & Media Management Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Media Management
Master's Degrees in Media Management
Doctor's Degrees in Media Management

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Arts & Media Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Arts & Media Management in the Great Lakes Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the media management degree levels they offer.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Media Management

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
87 Media Management Degrees Awarded
40.2% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in arts & media management. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.

There were about 87 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the arts & media management degree program at Northwestern University get $14,144 more than the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
118 Media Management Degrees Awarded
13.6% Growth in Graduates

Columbia College Chicago is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in arts & media management. Located in the large city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were roughly 118 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the media management program make about $23,844 for their early career.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
60 Media Management Degrees Awarded
$36,044 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat Indiana University - Bloomington if you want to pursue a degree in arts & media management. IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.

There were approximately 60 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available. Those arts & media management students who get their degree from Indiana University - Bloomington receive $2,665 more than the average media management grad.

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Butler University
Indianapolis, IN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IN
29.6% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Butler University if you wish to pursue a degree in arts & media management. Butler is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Indianapolis. This university ranks 10th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 27 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at Butler in the most recent data year.

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DePaul University
Chicago, IL
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In IL

Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.

There were approximately 6 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OH
56 Media Management Degrees Awarded

OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.

There were roughly 56 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In WI

Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were about 17 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.

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Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$36,432 Median Starting Salary

Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Elmhurst. This university ranks 28th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were about 5 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at Elmhurst in the most recent data year. Those arts & media management students who get their degree from Elmhurst University earn $3,053 more than the typical media management graduate.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In IL
37.5% Growth in Graduates

UIC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 10th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were roughly 8 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.

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10
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In IL

School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

There were roughly 13 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Arts & Media Management Colleges by State

Explore the best arts & media management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 49
Ohio 314 134
Illinois 304 252
Indiana 294 108
Wisconsin 273 35

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One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Arts & Media Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Media Management Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts Management 223
General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management 191
Music Management 173
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management 12
Other Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management 2

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 5,430
Fine & Studio Arts 4,323
Music 3,842
Drama & Theater Arts 2,285
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,712
General Visual & Performing Arts 429
Dance 342
Other Visual Art 78
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 11

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