2026 Best Value Commercial & Advertising Art Schools in Michigan

[Commercial & Advertising Art](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/design-and-applied-arts/commercial-and-advertising-art/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for commercial & advertising art students.
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2026 Best Value Commercial & Advertising Art Schools in Michigan
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the commercial & advertising art degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Commercial & Advertising Art Schools
St Clair County Community College earned the #1 spot for value among commercial & advertising art schools in Michigan. Set in the suburb of Port Huron, St Clair County Community College is a mid-sized public institution. Students from in state pay about $5,212 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $12,150. Students borrow a median of $16,379 to complete the commercial & advertising art program here. Soon after graduation, commercial & advertising art degree recipients from St Clair County Community College generally make around $45,735. Set against $16,379 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff.
A rank of #2 makes College For Creative Studies one of the best values for commercial & advertising art. Set in the city of Detroit, College For Creative Studies is a small private not-for-profit institution. In-state tuition and fees average $53,350. Commercial & Advertising Art graduates carry a median of $26,000 in student loans. Commercial & Advertising Art graduates of College For Creative Studies earn a median of $32,665 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $26,000 median debt. College For Creative Studies admits about 92% of applicants.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.
- 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 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).
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