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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$35,572 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #32 most popular major in the country with 37,413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for Fine Arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 per year.

The Graduate Center also made our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Binghamton University is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Vestal.

Binghamton University graduate students pay an average of $25,570 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMCP also did well on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $24,812 per year.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $33,215 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Pitt are $42,024 a year.

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#8

New York University

New York, NY

New York University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NYU are $38,206 a year.

NYU also claimed a spot on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

UPenn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Pennsylvania Report

Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.

Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,161
New York 3,302
Maryland 623
New Jersey 765
District of Columbia 142
Delaware 58

One of 10 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 13 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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