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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$26,939 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 6,776 people earned their degree in general visual & performing arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. In , general visual & performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,144 and had an average of $24,433 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 429 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,172 and $30,956 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual & performing arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general visual & performing arts.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus College of Art and Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Columbus College of Art and Design is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full School of the Art Institute of Chicago General Visual & Performing Arts Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at IUPUI

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 16 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor General Visual & Performing Arts Report

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