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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 17,851 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,608 and $24,252 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 233 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in visual and performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rice University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Rice University Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full Texas Tech University Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 43 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full The University of Texas at Austin Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Arizona
Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at ASU - Tempe
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 13 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Oklahoma
University of Houston landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Houston Visual & Performing Arts Report
With a ranking of #9, Texas Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 2 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at TCU
The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 5 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full The University of Texas at Dallas Visual & Performing Arts Report
Texas Woman’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 1 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Woman’s University
With a ranking of #12, Southern Methodist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 203 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Southern Methodist University
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to 225 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus Visual & Performing Arts Report
Baylor University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Baylor University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 199 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Baylor University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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