2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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 Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the Southeast 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. 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.
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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Liberty University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . Southern Miss is a large public school located in the small city of Hattiesburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.
UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.
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 Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at JMU are $29,746 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, JMU also did well on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Emory are $45,684 per year.
Emory also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value 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.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 a year.
With a ranking of #7, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Duke University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Durham, Duke 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 Duke are $59,141 a year.
Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
University of Florida landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 20% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Florida
Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.
Auburn also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,215 |
| West Virginia | 405 |
| South Carolina | 1,360 |
| Florida | 7,291 |
| Virginia | 3,471 |
| Arkansas | 830 |
| Mississippi | 696 |
| Louisiana | 1,147 |
| Alabama | 1,142 |
| Kentucky | 1,067 |
| Georgia | 4,322 |
| Tennessee | 2,629 |
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Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors for 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.
- 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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