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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Visual & Performing Arts is the 465th most popular major in the country with 912 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in other visual and performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in other visual and performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full University of Rochester Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major list. UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - Santa Cruz
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - Irvine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #5 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other visual and performing arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at NYU
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full U-M Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Colorado Boulder Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
University of California - San Diego landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major ranking. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other visual and performing arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - San Diego
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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