2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.
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The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the Southwest Region for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 2 spot on the list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.
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Texas Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TCU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCU are $32,268 per year.
TCU also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
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The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richardson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 a year.
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Arizona State University - Tempe 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 #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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 #9 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.
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Rice University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rice are $49,941 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in the Southwest Region .
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Request InformationBest Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 2,294 |
| Texas | 7,696 |
| New Mexico | 493 |
| Oklahoma | 1,205 |
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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 |
Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts
| 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 11 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).
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