2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 754 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,842 and $31,603 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio 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 fine and studio arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 5 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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