2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 155,377 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 2,340 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,011 and $29,521 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree visual & performing arts students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 30 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 19 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Johns Hopkins

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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