2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,256 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,600 and $23,400 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#1 in overall quality

$58,325 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

RPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are $58,325.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at RPI

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s visual arts degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University at Buffalo General Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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