2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
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 Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the Southeast Region for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Emory University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend James Madison University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public school with a very large student population.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.
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University of Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.
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Florida State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.
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University of Kentucky landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,215 |
| West Virginia | 405 |
| Mississippi | 696 |
| South Carolina | 1,360 |
| Florida | 7,291 |
| Virginia | 3,471 |
| Arkansas | 830 |
| Alabama | 1,142 |
| Kentucky | 1,067 |
| Georgia | 4,322 |
| Tennessee | 2,629 |
| Louisiana | 1,147 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study
| 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 |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 6,355 |
| Arts & Media Management | 4,788 |
| Dance | 3,288 |
| Other Visual Art | 912 |
| Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry | 119 |
| Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art | 10 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities | 556,813 |
| English Language & Literature | 54,635 |
| Foreign Languages & Linguistics | 33,333 |
| Theology & Religious Vocations | 27,459 |
| Philosophy & Religious Studies | 19,993 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 24 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).
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