2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 155,377 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland”.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

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

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

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 30 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at UMCP

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 doctorate’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

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 more about Visual & Performing Arts at Johns Hopkins University

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts

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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