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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$38,373 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #67 most popular major in the country with 3,224 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the Fine Arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Fine & Studio Arts

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Wisconsin - Madison

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 10% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $28,468 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Ohio State graduate students pay an average of $38,377 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

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

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Northwestern University

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 72
Illinois 274
Ohio 78
Indiana 44
Wisconsin 54

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

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

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 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 Jorge Royan.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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