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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k)

6 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$29,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 1 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - San Diego

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 4 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RPI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. 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

#5 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio University - Athens Campus are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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