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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$16,229 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 3,471 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Virginia 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.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

Our analysis found James Madison University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Virginia. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at JMU are $12,514 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at James Madison University

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $20,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.

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#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GMU are $16,644 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at VCU are $15,518 per year.

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#6

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

Shenandoah University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.

Shenandoah also took the #4 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Shenandoah University Report

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,215
West Virginia 405
South Carolina 1,360
Florida 7,291
Arkansas 830
Mississippi 696
Tennessee 2,629
Louisiana 1,147
Alabama 1,142
Kentucky 1,067
Georgia 4,322

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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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