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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,776 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general visual & performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,144 and had an average of $24,433 in loans still to pay off.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general visual & performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in general visual & performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 89%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at RPI
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major list. Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #3 spot on the list. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Dallas General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is located in Athens, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus General Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 83 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
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 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UCSD General Visual & Performing Arts Report
University at Buffalo ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s visual 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%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University at Buffalo
Mississippi State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major ranking. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 46 doctorate’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Full Mississippi State University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
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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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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