PU
Private nonprofit
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Visual and Performing Arts: 28 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 9,137
- Retention
- 98%
- Programs
- 53
- Awards 2024-25
- 2,453
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Colleges offering doctoral degrees (research) in Visual and Performing Arts
127 U.S. colleges and universities offer programs in Visual and Performing Arts at the phd level. Results are ordered by the number of graduates each school reported in the program.
Most schools offering it: California (211), New York (148), Pennsylvania (117), Texas (115), Ohio (87), Illinois (86)
Showing 25–48 of 127 schools
UWC
Public
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Visual and Performing Arts: 26 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 56,997
- Retention
- 95%
- Programs
- 385
- Awards 2024-25
- 15,047
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USC
Public
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
Visual and Performing Arts: 26 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 38,532
- Retention
- 92%
- Programs
- 179
- Awards 2024-25
- 10,077
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CUC
Private nonprofit
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Visual and Performing Arts: 26 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 35,173
- Retention
- 98%
- Programs
- 209
- Awards 2024-25
- 15,748
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HU
Private nonprofit
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Visual and Performing Arts: 26 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 30,259
- Retention
- 98%
- Programs
- 259
- Awards 2024-25
- 11,030
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UCD
Public
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Visual and Performing Arts: 25 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 44,256
- Retention
- 94%
- Programs
- 162
- Awards 2024-25
- 13,222
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CGS
Public
CUNY Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
Visual and Performing Arts: 24 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 9,536
- Programs
- 218
- Awards 2024-25
- 2,894
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UNC
Public
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
Visual and Performing Arts: 24 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 8,869
- Retention
- 76%
- Programs
- 91
- Awards 2024-25
- 2,253
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NYU
Private nonprofit
New York University
New York, NY
Visual and Performing Arts: 22 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 56,832
- Retention
- 96%
- Programs
- 237
- Awards 2024-25
- 20,211
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UA
Public
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Visual and Performing Arts: 22 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 56,365
- Retention
- 83%
- Programs
- 307
- Awards 2024-25
- 12,522
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JHU
Private nonprofit
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Visual and Performing Arts: 22 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 30,210
- Retention
- 98%
- Programs
- 209
- Awards 2024-25
- 12,221
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UCA
Public
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Visual and Performing Arts: 21 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 47,335
- Retention
- 97%
- Programs
- 193
- Awards 2024-25
- 14,956
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UK
Public
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Visual and Performing Arts: 21 graduates in 2024-25
PhD · Fully online
- Students
- 34,709
- Retention
- 87%
- Programs
- 287
- Awards 2024-25
- 9,772
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UOC
Public
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Norman, OK
Visual and Performing Arts: 20 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 30,851
- Retention
- 90%
- Programs
- 160
- Awards 2024-25
- 7,630
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UW
Public
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Visual and Performing Arts: 19 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 51,044
- Retention
- 96%
- Programs
- 262
- Awards 2024-25
- 19,199
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UCB
Public
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Visual and Performing Arts: 19 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 38,799
- Retention
- 90%
- Programs
- 120
- Awards 2024-25
- 10,325
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UH
Private nonprofit
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT
Visual and Performing Arts: 19 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 6,015
- Retention
- 83%
- Programs
- 117
- Awards 2024-25
- 1,725
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UCB
Public
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Visual and Performing Arts: 18 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 26,133
- Retention
- 93%
- Programs
- 97
- Awards 2024-25
- 7,580
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YU
Private nonprofit
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Visual and Performing Arts: 18 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 15,564
- Retention
- 99%
- Programs
- 132
- Awards 2024-25
- 5,610
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UPC
Public
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
Visual and Performing Arts: 16 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 35,724
- Retention
- 92%
- Programs
- 270
- Awards 2024-25
- 11,005
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UNC
Public
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
Visual and Performing Arts: 16 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 18,012
- Retention
- 79%
- Programs
- 126
- Awards 2024-25
- 4,655
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CUA
Private nonprofit
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Visual and Performing Arts: 15 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 5,243
- Retention
- 87%
- Programs
- 151
- Awards 2024-25
- 1,303
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UN
Public
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Visual and Performing Arts: 14 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 24,393
- Retention
- 86%
- Programs
- 176
- Awards 2024-25
- 5,538
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MSM
Private nonprofit
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Visual and Performing Arts: 14 graduates in 2024-25
PhD
- Students
- 1,084
- Retention
- 93%
- Programs
- 11
- Awards 2024-25
- 357
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