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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the New England Region

10 Ranked Colleges
105 Degrees Awarded
$43,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 10,299 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,774 and $27,296 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 10 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the New England Region

#1

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. UHart is a medium-sized school located in West Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 10 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UHart also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #9. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UHart Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#10 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Maine

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 1 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree visual & performing arts students list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#4

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree visual & performing arts students list, UCONN has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at UCONN

#5

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Yale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Yale

#6

Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Brandeis University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Brandeis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandeis University are $52,060, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Brandeis Visual & Performing Arts Report

#7

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Harvard University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Harvard is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 15 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree visual & performing arts students list, Harvard has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Harvard University

#8

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Tufts University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Medford, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168.

Full Tufts University Visual & Performing Arts Report

#9

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Boston University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 31 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Boston U

#10

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Brown University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 7 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

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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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