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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #194 most popular major in the country with 390 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for visual arts majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to be the best school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Dallas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the United States. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the city of Richardson.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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General Visual & Performing Arts by Region

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Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 9 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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