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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,784 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, visual and performing arts students earned 791 degrees and certificates from an Ohio school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Ohio 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the best value school in Ohio for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ohio State are $12,425 a year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 5 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $9,720 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Ohio University - Athens Campus

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $9,831 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 5 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $14,902 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland Institute of Music landed the # 5 spot on the list. Cleveland Institute of Music is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cleveland Institute of Music are $42,040 a year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,053
Indiana 417
Wisconsin 146
Michigan 469

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

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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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