by our College Data Analytics TeamVisual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Northwestern University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in visual and performing arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Northwestern paid an average of $6,649 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $56,067 | $56,067 |
| Fees | $500 | $500 |
Northwestern does not offer an online option for its visual and performing arts doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwestern Online Learning page.
About 52.9% of the students who received their Doctorate in visual and performing arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 52.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in visual and performing arts at Northwestern in 2019-2020, 35.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Drama & Theater Arts | 4 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 1 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 3 |
| Music | 9 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.