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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts

5 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$29,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree visual arts students.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate. Ohio University - Athens Campus is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

OHIO Athens also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OHIO Athens General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas

#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree visual arts students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at University at Buffalo

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #5 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 1 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at UCSD

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate list. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 4 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

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