2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,122 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also 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 visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. 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.

Full University of California - San Diego Visual & Performing Arts 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.

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

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