2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

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 & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 155,377 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 318 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,550 and $23,489 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMaine Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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