2022 Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 the New England region, there were 2,272 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,439 and $27,292 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree fine arts students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#5 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

UMaine also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Maine Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Yale

#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #3 spot on the list. Harvard is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 7 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Full Harvard University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#4

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#4 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #4 spot on the list. Brown University is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 1 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Brown University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#5

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #5 spot on the list. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 doctorate’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Boston U

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k)

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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