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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned a degree or certificate in general visual and performing arts, making the major the #119 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the visual arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the best school in the United States for general visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the United States. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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General Visual & Performing Arts by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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