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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$18,896 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, visual and performing arts was ranked 9th in California. In fact, 2,548 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the visual and performing arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,160 per year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $13,036 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCLA also is in the top 20% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $13,356 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Davis is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Davis are $13,608 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSB are $13,581 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Riverside did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCR are $13,467 per year.

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University of California - San Diego came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $13,564 per year.

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University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Santa Cruz are $13,895 a year.

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University of Southern California ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 130
Oregon 185
Nevada 51
Hawaii 26
Alaska 3

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 9 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 Bonnielou2013.

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