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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$55,589 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 965 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Our analysis found Brandeis University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. Brandeis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brandeis are $53,618 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Brandeis University

#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Boston U are $59,418 a year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Boston University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The New England Conservatory of Music. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The New England Conservatory of Music are $53,730 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at The New England Conservatory of Music

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 54
Connecticut 395
New Hampshire 34
Maine 42
Vermont 73

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 3 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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