Best Art programs in Michigan, ranked by enrollment
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts.
60 schools in Michigan run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,962 people a year. The job pays a median of $82,990 in Michigan across about 2,410 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Michigan that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
52 programs in Michigan that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Michigan (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Michigan page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 50.0701In Michigan → | 435 | 14.7% | 22 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 2 | CIP 50.0409In Michigan → | 329 | 11.1% | 23 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 3 | CIP 50.0903In Michigan → | 298 | 10.1% | 14 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 4 | CIP 50.0702In Michigan → | 242 | 8.2% | 24 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 5 | CIP 50.0601In Michigan → | 213 | 7.2% | 12 | $25,014 | $24,650 |
| 6 | CIP 50.0501In Michigan → | 160 | 5.4% | 18 | $20,667 | $24,994 |
| 7 | CIP 13.1312In Michigan → | 128 | 4.3% | 15 | $43,033 | $26,044 |
| 8 | CIP 50.0602In Michigan → | 126 | 4.3% | 8 | $25,014 | $24,650 |
| 9 | CIP 50.0102In Michigan → | 100 | 3.4% | 4 | $24,752 | $25,963 |
| 10 | CIP 50.0301In Michigan → | 76 | 2.6% | 8 | $21,877 | $25,000 |
| 11 | CIP 50.0410In Michigan → | 65 | 2.2% | 4 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 12 | CIP 50.0699In Michigan → | 63 | 2.1% | 3 | $25,014 | $24,650 |
| 13 | CIP 50.0407In Michigan → | 59 | 2.0% | 5 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 14 | CIP 50.0509In Michigan → | 52 | 1.8% | 7 | $20,667 | $24,994 |
| 15 | CIP 50.0605In Michigan → | 42 | 1.4% | 10 | $25,014 | $24,650 |
| 16 | CIP 50.0904In Michigan → | 42 | 1.4% | 4 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 17 | CIP 13.1302In Michigan → | 40 | 1.4% | 9 | $43,033 | $26,044 |
| 18 | CIP 50.0703In Michigan → | 39 | 1.3% | 13 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 19 | CIP 50.0404In Michigan → | 38 | 1.3% | 4 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 20 | CIP 50.0912In Michigan → | 34 | 1.1% | 4 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 21 | CIP 50.0910In Michigan → | 31 | 1.0% | 3 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 22 | CIP 50.0502In Michigan → | 28 | 0.9% | 8 | $20,667 | $24,994 |
| 23 | CIP 50.0506In Michigan → | 28 | 0.9% | 3 | $20,667 | $24,994 |
| 24 | CIP 50.0799In Michigan → | 24 | 0.8% | 2 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 25 | CIP 50.0913In Michigan → | 24 | 0.8% | 5 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 26 | CIP 50.0906In Michigan → | 23 | 0.8% | 5 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 27 | CIP 50.0907In Michigan → | 22 | 0.7% | 4 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 28 | Visual and Performing Arts, Othermain feeder CIP 50.9999In Michigan → | 20 | 0.7% | 1 | $24,229 | $25,000 |
| 29 | CIP 50.1001In Michigan → | 20 | 0.7% | 5 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 30 | CIP 50.0101In Michigan → | 17 | 0.6% | 5 | $24,752 | $25,963 |
| 31 | CIP 50.0401In Michigan → | 17 | 0.6% | 4 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
| 32 | CIP 50.1003In Michigan → | 16 | 0.5% | 3 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 33 | CIP 50.0399In Michigan → | 12 | 0.4% | 2 | $21,877 | $25,000 |
| 34 | CIP 50.0711In Michigan → | 10 | 0.3% | 2 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 35 | CIP 50.0999In Michigan → | 10 | 0.3% | 3 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 36 | CIP 50.0902In Michigan → | 9 | 0.3% | 1 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 37 | CIP 50.0201In Michigan → | 8 | 0.3% | 1 | $25,027 | $27,000 |
| 38 | CIP 50.0708In Michigan → | 7 | 0.2% | 2 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 39 | CIP 50.0710In Michigan → | 7 | 0.2% | 1 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 40 | CIP 50.0908In Michigan → | 7 | 0.2% | 4 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 41 | CIP 50.0599In Michigan → | 6 | 0.2% | 3 | $20,667 | $24,994 |
| 42 | CIP 50.0709In Michigan → | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 43 | CIP 50.0911In Michigan → | 5 | 0.2% | 1 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 44 | CIP 50.0917In Michigan → | 5 | 0.2% | 1 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 45 | CIP 50.0714In Michigan → | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 46 | CIP 50.0712In Michigan → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 47 | CIP 50.1002In Michigan → | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 48 | CIP 50.1004In Michigan → | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | $28,050 | $25,468 |
| 49 | CIP 50.0705In Michigan → | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | $24,447 | $25,294 |
| 50 | CIP 50.0905In Michigan → | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 51 | CIP 13.1324In Michigan → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $43,033 | $26,044 |
| 52 | CIP 50.0406In Michigan → | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | $31,611 | $26,000 |
Top 25 schools in Michigan
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 15 of the 60 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public · 18 feeder programs | 629 | Art/Art Studies, General | $31,367 | 93% | — | 16% |
| 2 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Public · 18 feeder programs | 375 | Music Performance, General | $38,656 | 81% | — | 85% |
| 3 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI Public · 23 feeder programs | 237 | Music Teacher Education | $42,468 | 58% | — | 85% |
| 4 | Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI Public · 19 feeder programs | 163 | Graphic Design | $30,687 | 58% | — | 88% |
| 5 | Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI Public · 8 feeder programs | 159 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | $24,135 | 67% | — | 83% |
| 6 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI Public · 7 feeder programs | 125 | Art/Art Studies, General | $20,948 | 58% | — | 81% |
| 7 | Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI Public · 17 feeder programs | 120 | Music Teacher Education | $43,996 | 59% | — | 90% |
| 8 | Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI Public · 11 feeder programs | 101 | Art/Art Studies, General | $28,890 | 46% | — | 80% |
| 9 | Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI Public · 11 feeder programs | 100 | Graphic Design | $34,045 | 47% | — | 91% |
| 10 | College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI Private not-for-profit · 8 feeder programs | 99 | Illustration | $32,665 | 71% | $32,153 | 92% |
| 11 | Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI Public · 8 feeder programs | 77 | Art/Art Studies, General | $23,786 | 52% | — | 84% |
| 12 | Motion Picture Institute Troy, MI Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 50 | Cinematography and Film/Video Production | — | — | — | 90% |
| 13 | Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI Private not-for-profit · 9 feeder programs | 48 | Ceramic Arts and Ceramics | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI Public · 3 feeder programs | 44 | Graphic Design | $27,577 | 48% | — | 72% |
| 15 | Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI Public · 4 feeder programs | 38 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | — | 21% | — | — |
| 16 | Mott Community College Flint, MI Public · 6 feeder programs | 37 | Graphic Design | — | 32% | — | — |
| 17 | Adrian College Adrian, MI Private not-for-profit · 7 feeder programs | 36 | Graphic Design | — | 48% | $20,357 | 73% |
| 18 | Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI Public · 4 feeder programs | 36 | Digital Arts | — | 33% | — | — |
| 19 | DSDT Detroit, MI Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 34 | Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other | $27,870 | 41% | $24,540 | — |
| 20 | Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 29 | Film/Cinema/Media Studies | $15,906 | 74% | $22,391 | 71% |
| 21 | Delta College University Center, MI Public · 2 feeder programs | 27 | Fine/Studio Arts, General | — | 27% | — | — |
| 22 | University of Michigan - Flint Flint, MI Public · 9 feeder programs | 26 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General | — | 40% | — | 70% |
| 23 | Oakland Community College Auburn Hills, MI Public · 5 feeder programs | 24 | Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other | — | 21% | — | — |
| 24 | Hope College Holland, MI Private not-for-profit · 5 feeder programs | 23 | Dance, General | $23,050 | 80% | $21,746 | 79% |
| 25 | Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 21 | Art/Art Studies, General | — | 76% | $19,279 | 75% |
All 60 schools in Michigan
Every school in Michigan with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor | Public | 629 | 18 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing | Public | 375 | 18 |
| Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo | Public | 237 | 23 |
| Oakland University | Rochester Hills | Public | 163 | 19 |
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale | Public | 159 | 8 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit | Public | 125 | 7 |
| Central Michigan University | Mount Pleasant | Public | 120 | 17 |
| Eastern Michigan University | Ypsilanti | Public | 101 | 11 |
| Ferris State University | Big Rapids | Public | 100 | 11 |
| College for Creative Studies | Detroit | Private not-for-profit | 99 | 8 |
| Northern Michigan University | Marquette | Public | 77 | 8 |
| Motion Picture Institute | Troy | Private for-profit | 50 | 1 |
| Cranbrook Academy of Art | Bloomfield Hills | Private not-for-profit | 48 | 9 |
| Saginaw Valley State University | University Center | Public | 44 | 3 |
| Grand Rapids Community College | Grand Rapids | Public | 38 | 4 |
What art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary earn in Michigan
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $78,620. Michigan pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Michigan
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary page.
How to become a Art
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Michigan
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary25 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 13.1302Art Teacher Education
- 13.1312Music Teacher Education
- 13.1324Drama and Dance Teacher Education
- 50.0101Visual and Performing Arts, General
- 50.0102Digital Arts
- 50.0201Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
- 50.0301Dance, General
- 50.0302Ballet
- 50.0399Dance, Other
- 50.0401Design and Visual Communications, General
- 50.0404Industrial and Product Design
- 50.0406Commercial Photography
- 50.0407Fashion/Apparel Design
- 50.0409Graphic Design
- 50.0410Illustration
- 50.0501Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
- 50.0502Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
- 50.0504Playwriting and Screenwriting
- 50.0505Theatre Literature, History and Criticism
- 50.0506Acting
- 50.0507Directing and Theatrical Production
- 50.0509Musical Theatre
- 50.0510Costume Design
- 50.0511Comedy Writing and Performance
- 50.0512Theatre and Dance
Common questions
Answers for people weighing art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary programs in Michigan.
What degree do you need to become an Art?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Art/Art Studies, General, which awarded 435 degrees in Michigan in 2024-25, 14.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Art?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 52 programs to this occupation. The largest are Fine and Studio Arts, Music, Design and Applied Arts, Film/Video and Photographic Arts, plus 7 more. Together they graduate about 2,962 people a year in Michigan.
How much do art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary earn in Michigan?+
The median is $82,990 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.6% above the U.S. median of $78,620. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary growing?+
BLS projects a +1.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 9,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Michigan?+
60 institutions in Michigan reported graduates from at least one of the 52 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Art Professor, Music Professor, Theater Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1121.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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