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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$23,147 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #61 most popular major in California with 386 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 in California ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in California 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for Fine Arts majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Fine & Studio Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $14,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley also took the #3 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public college with a very large student population.

UCSB graduate students pay an average of $13,581 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

UCSD graduate students pay an average of $13,564 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

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

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 12
Oregon 46
Nevada 6
Hawaii 5
Alaska 3

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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