2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #14 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 20 doctor's degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in North Carolina

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Duke University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from Duke University

2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Greensboro is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in visual & performing arts from University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	77
Virginia	29	41
Georgia	28	21
Mississippi	28	11
South Carolina	28	15
Kentucky	26	19
Alabama	25	10
Tennessee	25	13
Louisiana	25	19
West Virginia	20	16

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Music	15
Fine & Studio Arts	5

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.