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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$25,709 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the visual and performing arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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 medium-sized city of Denton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $18,871 per year.

UH excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked 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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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per 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.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

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.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each 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 city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT are $15,600 a year.

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#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

With a ranking of #6, Texas Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. TCU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TCU are $32,268 a year.

TCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

UT Dallas graduate students pay an average of $29,252 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

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 medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

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#10

Rice University

Houston, TX

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.

Rice graduate students pay an average of $49,941 in tuition and fees each year.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Rice University

Best 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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013.

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