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Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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$37,940 Avg Salary

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 18,379 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. 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 Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the visual and performing arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Northern Colorado is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 152
Colorado 316
Montana 42
Idaho 42
Wyoming 15

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
Arts & Media Management 1,184
General Visual & Performing Arts 390
Dance 257
Other Visual Art 254
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 13

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Bonnielou2013.

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