2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #14 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 112 doctor's degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of visual & performing arts students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual & performing arts students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Boston University is a great option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from Boston University

2

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of Hartford is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from University of Hartford

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual & performing arts colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	29	62
Connecticut	28	29
Rhode Island	23	5
Maine	18	0

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Music	72
Fine & Studio Arts	25
Drama & Theater Arts	8
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.