2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region
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Fine & Studio Arts is the 31st most popular major in the country with 37,604 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , fine & studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,159 and had an average of $25,720 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 6,112 fine & studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,517 and $24,800 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 fine & studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in fine & studio arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine & studio arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree fine arts students.
Top 9 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region. Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Emory Fine & Studio Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 2 doctorate’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fine & Studio Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s fine arts degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Duke
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s fine arts degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Virginia - Main Campus
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Georgia
Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s fine arts degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Florida State
With a ranking of #7, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Florida
With a ranking of #9, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 53 doctorate’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Tulane
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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