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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$24,996 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,940 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,011 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Texas 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. 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.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.

UT Austin also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #3.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $8,256 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Dallas graduate students pay an average of $15,088 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Texas. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCU are $32,268 per year.

TCU also took the #2 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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#6

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rice are $49,941 a year.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 254
Oklahoma 126
New Mexico 43

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 6 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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