2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 2,061 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,911 and $27,409 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri” ranking looked at 2 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Visual & Performing Arts Report

#1

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

UMKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at UMKC

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at WUSTL

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Plains States Region
• 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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