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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$30,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #45 most popular major in Illinois with 274 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Illinois

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

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

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern also made our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 72
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.

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 3 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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