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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,854 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 60 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #83 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 North Carolina

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the best value school in North Carolina for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #4 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Duke University Report

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 50
Florida 78
Georgia 98
Tennessee 24
Kentucky 16
Louisiana 36
Alabama 20
South Carolina 14
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 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 2 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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