2025 Best Digital Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

a bachelor's degree in digital arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #143 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Digital Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 242 bachelor's degrees in digital arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Digital Arts School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The art & technology bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to digital arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of digital arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized digital arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for digital arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Digital Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Digital Arts in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Art & Technology

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

13 Annual Graduates

Michigan State University is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in digital arts. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Michigan State University

2

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

15 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in digital arts. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public university located in the town of Athens.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Ohio University - Athens Campus

3

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, WI

33 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in digital arts needs to look into University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. UW - Whitewater is a fairly large public university located in the town of Whitewater.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

4

Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL

26 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Elmhurst University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in digital arts. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Elmhurst.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Elmhurst University

5

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH

30 Annual Graduates

BGSU is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Bowling Green.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

6

University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI

21 Annual Graduates

UW - Stout is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Menomonie.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from University of Wisconsin - Stout

7

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

16 Annual Graduates

Central Michigan is a large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from Central Michigan University

8

University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Kenosha, WI

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Kenosha, UW - Parkside is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from University of Wisconsin - Parkside

9

University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN

15 Annual Graduates

University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Wayne.More information about a bachelor’s in digital arts from University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne

Best Digital Arts Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	2
Ohio	612	43
Illinois	558	23
Indiana	535	16
Wisconsin	435	76

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Rankings in Majors Related to Art & Technology

Digital Arts is one of 1 different types of General Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Art & Technology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts	44

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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.