2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 754 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,842 and $31,603 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Virginia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Virginia Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia. VCU is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 1 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia doctor’s degree fine arts students list, VCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University

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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 Jorge Royan.

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