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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Other Visual & Performing Arts Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 999 people earned their degree in other visual & performing arts, making the major the 465th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 other 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 Other Visual & Performing Arts Major” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in other visual & performing arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other visual & performing arts.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major list. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 2 doctorate’s other visual & performing arts degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of Rochester
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. Santa Cruz, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other visual & performing arts degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Other Visual & Performing Arts at UC Santa Cruz
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major list. UC Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 UC Irvine Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other visual & performing arts degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UW Seattle Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other visual & performing arts students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full New York University Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other visual & performing arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read full report on Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major ranking, coming in at #6. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of Colorado Boulder
With a ranking of #6, University of California - San Diego did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Visual & Performing Arts Major list. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s other visual & performing arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 95%.
Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - San Diego
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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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