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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 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 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for visual arts majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Dallas is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 138
Oklahoma 29
New Mexico 67

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

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

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 2 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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