2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia

A doctor's degree in visual and performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #13 out of 33 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the most popular for visual and performing arts students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 doctor's degrees in visual and performing arts during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Visual & Performing Arts School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in visual and performing arts matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of visual and performing arts students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for visual and performing arts.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in visual and performing arts.

Most Well Attended Schools for Visual & Performing Arts Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA

11 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Shenandoah University is a popular decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in visual and performing arts. Located in the city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in visual and performing arts in Virginia.

There were about 11 visual and performing arts individuals who graduated with this degree at Shenandoah in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in visual and performing arts from Shenandoah University

2

George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

George Mason University is a popular option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in visual and performing arts. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in visual and performing arts in Virginia.

There were approximately 6 visual and performing arts students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in visual and performing arts from George Mason University

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a popular choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in visual and performing arts. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in visual and performing arts in Virginia.

There were roughly 6 visual and performing arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in visual and performing arts from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

James Madison University is a popular option for students interested in a doctor's degree in visual and performing arts. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in visual and performing arts in Virginia.

There were roughly 6 visual and performing arts students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in visual and performing arts from James Madison University

5

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

VCU is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #5 in quality for doctor's degrees in visual and performing arts in Virginia.

There were approximately 1 visual and performing arts individuals who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in visual and performing arts from Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	58
Georgia	28	29
South Carolina	27	19
North Carolina	26	25
Kentucky	26	16
Tennessee	25	7
Louisiana	25	34
Mississippi	24	13
Alabama	24	22
West Virginia	20	12

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Music	24
Fine & Studio Arts	6

Most Popular Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations	227
Philosophy & Religious Studies	33
English Language & Literature	24
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	17
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	6

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.