2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in New York

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 Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across New York, there were 772 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,244 and $21,256 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in New York

#1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#1 in overall quality

$58,325 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 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 New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University at Buffalo

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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