2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Massachusetts, there were 1,022 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,656 and $27,591 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k list. Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

Full Harvard Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Boston University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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