2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate

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In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in art therapy/therapist, making the major the 512th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great art therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the art therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree art therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy

#1

Notre Dame de Namur University

Belmont, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Notre Dame de Namur University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate list. This small school is located in Belmont, California, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s art therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NDNU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Art Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame de Namur University are $17,884.

Read full report on Art Therapy at Notre Dame de Namur University

#1

Mount Mary University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$16,813 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Mary University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s art therapy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree art therapy students list, Mount Mary has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Art Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mary are $16,813, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Art Therapy at Mount Mary University

Notes and References

References

• 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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