15
Colleges in Michigan
3,456
Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$27,860
Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in
visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 15 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 3,456 degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
The visual & performing arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Visual & Performing Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to 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.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the visual & performing arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts needs to take a look at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 545 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program report average early career earnings of $24,194.
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Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 358 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Michigan State University make $6,181 more than the typical visual & performing arts graduate.
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Ferris State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in visual & performing arts. Ferris is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 13th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 145 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts program at Ferris State University make $4,525 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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Any student pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts has to check out College for Creative Studies. CCS is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Detroit.
There were approximately 130 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at CCS in the most recent year we have data available. Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients from College for Creative Studies receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,566 over the typical earnings of visual & performing arts majors.
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WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were about 272 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn an average of $26,202 in their early career salary.
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GVSU is a very large public university located in the town of Allendale. A Best Colleges rank of #342 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 168 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent data year. After graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients typically make about $26,855 in their early careers.
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Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.
There were roughly 129 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn about $26,853 in their early career salary.
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Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 184 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients generally make about $28,142 in the first five years of their career.
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Associate Degree
Highest Degree Type
17th
Most Popular In MI
70
Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor. This college ranks 29th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 70 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Washtenaw Community College in the most recent data year.
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Located in the suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #443 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Oakland is a great university overall.
There were about 144 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year. After graduation, visual & performing arts degree recipients generally make around $24,111 in the first five years of their career.
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