2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,337 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 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 For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing 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 Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k)

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - San Diego

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s visual arts degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech University

#3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#1 in overall quality

$58,325 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full RPI Visual & Performing Arts Report

#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #4 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University at Buffalo

#5

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#4 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 4 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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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