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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 1,976 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,815 and $25,574 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

Rice University

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$47,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. Rice is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Rice not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rice are $47,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Rice University

#2

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at UT Austin

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

Credits

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

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