2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Plains States Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Plains States region, there were 1,776 fine & studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,317 and $23,064 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 fine & studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine & studio arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fine & studio arts.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree fine arts students.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Plains States Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 101 doctorate’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at UMN Twin Cities
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 3 doctorate’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Kansas
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 1 doctorate’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Iowa Fine & Studio Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Plains States Region. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Washington University in St Louis
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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%.
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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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