2025 Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in fine arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #125 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 113 associate degrees in fine arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 many resources a school devotes to fine arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of fine arts students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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 fine arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for fine arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Fine Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Fine Arts in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in fine arts.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Fine Arts

1

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Ivy Tech Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in fine arts. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Indianapolis.More information about a associate in fine arts from Ivy Tech Community College

2

Delta College
University Center, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Delta College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in fine arts. Located in the rural area of University Center, Delta College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in fine arts from Delta College

Best Fine Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	0
Michigan	410	48
Illinois	267	60
Indiana	221	20

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Fine Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Fine & Studio Arts area of study, Fine Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Art Studies	81
Other Fine Arts & Art Studies	21
Art History	2
Intermedia/Multimedia	2

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan. More about our data sources and methodologies.