2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 155,377 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Kentucky, there were 1,195 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,540 and $26,709 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Kentucky (With Aid)

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UK Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid list. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Louisville

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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