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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$38,373 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, fine and studio arts was ranked #32 in the country. In fact 37,413 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for Fine Arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the Fine Arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Fine & Studio Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Madison the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 15% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UIUC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $28,468 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also made our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #1.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Northwestern University Report

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 729
Ohio 880
Illinois 1,584
Indiana 645
Wisconsin 585

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 Jorge Royan.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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