2022 Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 5,301 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,338 and $28,464 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income Over $110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$40,836 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Pitt

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#4 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k list. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Temple Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k. UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

UPenn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at UPenn

#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Carnegie Mellon University Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income Over $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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