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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 New York, there were 3,639 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,439 and $31,641 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in New York

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Columbia is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Columbia Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york doctor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $30-$48k list, Cornell has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Cornell University

#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k. Vestal, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Binghamton University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Binghamton University

#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stony Brook, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SUNY Stony Brook Fine & Studio Arts Report

#5

Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bard College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k. Annandale-On-Hudson, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bard, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bard College are $37,484, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Bard College

#6

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New York University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at NYU

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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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