2024 Best Other Visual Art Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Doctor's Degree in other visual art. It is ranked #202 out of 306 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for other visual art students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 doctor's degrees in other visual art during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other visual art students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other visual art students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt other visual art students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other visual art related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other visual art students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Visual Art Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Other Visual Art in the Far Western US Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for other visual art students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Other Visual Art

1

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA

3 Annual Graduates

University of California - Santa Cruz is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in other visual art. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in other visual art from University of California - Santa Cruz

2

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

4 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in other visual art needs to check out University of California - Irvine. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in other visual art from University of California - Irvine

Best Other Visual Art Colleges by State

Explore the best other visual art colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	180	7
Washington	122	2

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Other Visual Art Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Other Visual Art has other similar majors worth exploring.

Other Visual Art Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Visual & Performing Arts	9

Most Popular Majors Related to Other Visual Art

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	118
Drama & Theater Arts	22
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	20
Fine & Studio Arts	16
Dance	3
General Visual & Performing Arts	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.