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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,346 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

With 149,215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

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

The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing 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. 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.

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found University of Northern Colorado to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $22,379 per year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,943
Utah 1,871
Montana 318
Idaho 591
Wyoming 179

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

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 3 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 Bonnielou2013.

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