2025 Best Photography Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in photography, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #225 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 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for photography students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 22 bachelor's degrees in photography to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on photography students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other photography students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized photography related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for photography students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Photography Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Photography in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in photography.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Photography

1

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

7 Annual Graduates

Grand Valley State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in photography. GVSU is a very large public university located in the fringe town of Allendale.More information about a bachelor’s in photography from Grand Valley State University

2

College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI

7 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in photography needs to check out College for Creative Studies. CCS is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Detroit.More information about a bachelor’s in photography from College for Creative Studies

Best Photography Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Photography Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	40
Illinois	558	50
Indiana	535	8
Wisconsin	435	3

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Photography Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Film, Video & Photographic Arts area of study, Photography has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Photography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Film/Cinema/Media Studies	211
Film & Video Production	69
Other Film/Video & Photographic Arts	28

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.