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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 155,377 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 North Carolina, there were 4,489 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,748 and $27,159 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 17 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNC Greensboro Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Duke University

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• 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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