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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$18,212 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 50 degrees and certificates were awarded to fine and studio arts students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #90 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for Fine Arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

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

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 Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Fine & Studio Arts

Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Virginia. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $20,906 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #2 for overall quality for Fine Arts in Virginia.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at VCU are $15,518 a year.

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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
Florida 78
Georgia 98
North Carolina 60
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.

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 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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