2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Visual & Performing Arts is the 217th most popular major in the country with 3,337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 700 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The visual arts 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 Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree visual arts students with aid list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.

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#2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#1 in overall quality

$58,325 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s visual arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at RPI

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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