Yes the U of M was enormous, it was at 50,000 students when I entered... but it meant that their Art Department was as large as most small (and very expensive) Art Schools, I had wonderful professors (for the most part) and great equipment.... And of course the freedom to take a huge variety of courses which had nothing to do with getting my BFA (if I'd gone to a real Art School I have gotten a BFA but I couldn't have taken any literature courses).

I had intended to minor in philosophy but over time I just found English Literature to be more charming and fun (someone actually gave a course on early British Romance writers: mostly 'Gothic'... they were hilarious, but meant to be scary).