2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #14 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 doctor's degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of visual & performing arts students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 visual & performing arts 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 visual & performing arts related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts has to take a look at University of Colorado Boulder. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts needs to check out University of Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from University of Utah

3

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

University of Northern Colorado is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts. University of Northern Colorado is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Greeley.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from University of Northern Colorado

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual & performing arts schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	27	36
Utah	24	12

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Music	48

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.