2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 14 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the art therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The art therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in the Far Western US Region

#1

Notre Dame de Namur University

Belmont, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Notre Dame de Namur University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Belmont, California, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s art therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

NDNU also made our “Best Art Therapy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at NDNU are $17,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Notre Dame de Namur University Art Therapy Report

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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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