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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

41 Colleges
$30,470 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,224 people earned a degree or certificate in fine and studio arts, making the major the #67 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 41 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for Fine Arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, The Graduate Center is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at The University of Texas at Austin Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in the United States. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UD is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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Out of the 41 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 4 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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Out of the 41 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UC Berkeley also is in the top 5% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of California - Berkeley Report

#6

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

Emory graduate students pay an average of $45,684 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Emory University Report

University of Maryland - College Park came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 a year.

UMCP also claimed a spot on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Maryland - College Park Report

#7

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Binghamton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Binghamton University are $25,570 per year.

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University of California - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#10

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #10, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.

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Fine & Studio Arts by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 9 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 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 Jorge Royan.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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