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Rankings of the Best Performing Arts Colleges and Universities, Doctorate Degree - June 2026

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School Name

Year
Founded

Students

Acceptance
Rate

Graduation
Rate

On-Time
Graduation

Cost to
Attend
In-State

Cost to
Attend
Out-of
State

Funding
Available

Public
Or
Private

AVG
GPA

AVG SAT Scores

Math
Verbal
Writing
 

AVG
ACT

Student Life

Academic Life

Diversity

Spiritual

Technology

Over All Score

0
100
 
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VG
E
 

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Leaders

1

1851

8,476

26%

90.6%

86.4%

$45,527

$45,527

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

690

670

670

30

0%

NC

 

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2

Berea College

http://www.berea.edu
Berea, Kentucky
(859) 985-3500

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1855

1,658

32%

59.9%

47.7%

N/A

N/A

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.42

525

540

500

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

3

Tusculum College

http://www.tusculum.edu
60 Shiloh Road
Greeneville, Tennessee
(423) 636-7300

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1794

1,980

72%

23.5%

15.5%

$22,250

$22,250

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3

492

465

N/A

21

0%

NC

 

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4

N/A

13,069

28%

32.1%

17.3%

$5,884

$15,004

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.4

567

529

N/A

N/A

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

5

LaGrange College

http://www.lagrange.edu
601 Broad Street
LaGrange, Georgia
(706) 880-8005

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1831

834

49%

39.5%

33.7%

$25,600

$25,600

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.34

510

501

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

6

Franklin College

http://www.franklincollege.edu
101 Branigin Boulevard
Franklin, Indiana
(317) 738-8062

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1834

1,053

60%

57.5%

54.2%

$27,695

$27,695

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.4

505

490

490

21

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

7

Talladega College

http://www.talladega.edu
627 West Battle Street
Talladega, Alabama
(256) 761-6235

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1867

706

51%

16.8%

11.4%

$11,492

$11,492

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

2.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

8

Belhaven University

http://www.belhaven.edu
1500 Peachtree Street
Jackson, Mississippi
(601) 968-5940

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1883

2,545

66%

41.6%

32.7%

$19,970

$19,970

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.15

555

539

N/A

21

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

9

Cornish College of the Arts

http://www.cornish.edu
1000 Lenora Street
Seattle, Washington
(206) 726-5016

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1914

834

58%

0%

Not reported

$33,950

$33,950

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.15

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

10

Northeastern State University

http://www.nsuok.edu
600 North Grand
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
(918) 444-2200

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1846

8,116

54%

19.4%

10.9%

$4,992

$12,012

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.23

N/A

N/A

N/A

20

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

11

Truman State University

http://www.truman.edu
100 East Normal Street
Kirksville, Missouri
(660) 785-4114

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1867

5,872

74%

67.6%

57.2%

$7,368

$13,240

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.76

608

635

N/A

27

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

12

Greensboro College

http://www.greensboro.edu
815 West Market Street
Greensboro, North Carolina
(336) 272-7102 x211

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1838

1,117

41%

38.5%

30.3%

$26,206

$26,206

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.27

493

387

370

13

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

13

Carroll University

http://www.carrollu.edu
100 North East Avenue
Waukesha, Wisconsin
(262) 524-7220

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1846

3,139

79%

50.8%

40.0%

$27,724

$27,724

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

N/A

N/A

N/A

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

14

New York University

http://www.nyu.edu
70 Washington Square South
New York, New York
(212) 998-4500

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1831

22,498

35%

82.6%

78.8%

$44,845

$44,845

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.6

630

620

640

28

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

15

Longwood University

http://www.longwood.edu
201 High Street
Farmville, Virginia
(434) 395-2060

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1839

4,355

78%

53%

39.8%

$11,340

$24,210

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.39

518

527

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

16

Rider University

http://www.rider.edu
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
(609) 896-5042

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1865

4,549

72%

63.4%

57.5%

$35,270

$35,270

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.3

525

525

513

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

17

Utah Valley University

http://www.uvu.edu
800 West University Parkway
Orem, Utah
(801) 863-8466

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1941

31,405

100%

13.1%

8.7%

$5,086

$14,256

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.28

N/A

N/A

N/A

21

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

18

Western State Colorado University

http://www.western.edu
600 North Adams Street
Gunnison, Colorado
(800) 876-5309

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1901

2,584

89%

30.1%

18.1%

$5,844

$16,848

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.11

523

521

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

19

Coker College

http://www.coker.edu
300 East College Avenue
Hartsville, South Carolina
(843) 383-8050

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1908

1,155

58%

52%

44.9%

$24,576

$24,576

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.02

490

480

N/A

20

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

20

Wesleyan University

http://www.wesleyan.edu
Middletown, Connecticut
(860) 685-3000

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1831

2,940

21%

89.3%

87.2%

$47,244

$47,244

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.73

660

640

650

29

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

21

Wartburg College

http://www.wartburg.edu
100 Wartburg Boulevard, PO Box 1003
Waverly, Iowa
(319) 352-8264

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1852

1,747

70%

63.1%

59.5%

$34,250

$34,250

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.47

531

487

501

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

22

Adrian College

http://www.adrian.edu
110 South Madison Street
Adrian, Michigan
(517) 265-5161 x4326

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1859

1,677

64%

16.7%

Not reported

$30,758

$30,758

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

23

George Washington University

http://www.gwu.edu
2121 I Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
(202) 994-6040

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1821

10,464

33%

77.6%

73.9%

$47,343

$47,343

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

649

643

662

29

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

24

Lafayette College

http://www.lafayette.edu
Easton, Pennsylvania
(610) 330-5100

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1826

2,488

Not reported

87%

85.2%

$44,670

$44,670

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.46

660

630

630

29

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

25

1868

21,812

79%

47.8%

29.3%

$8,322

$23,514

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.56

560

541

521

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

26

University of Rhode Island

http://www.uri.edu
Kingston, Rhode Island
(401) 874-7100

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1892

13,398

77%

54.7%

42.5%

$12,450

$28,016

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.3

552

533

490

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

27

Louisiana State University

http://www.lsu.edu
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
(225) 578-1175

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N/A

24,626

76%

54.6%

35.7%

$7,880

$25,798

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.4

579

563

N/A

25

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

28

Prairie View A&M University

http://www.pvamu.edu
PO Box 519
Prairie View, Texas
(936) 261-1000

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1876

6,757

41%

24.3%

11.6%

$8,098

$18,718

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

2.95

390

370

360

15

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

29

Chapman University

http://www.chapman.edu
One University Drive
Orange, California
(714) 997-6711

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1861

5,677

44%

64.9%

53.3%

$43,573

$43,573

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.65

610

600

616

27

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

30

Tufts University

http://www.tufts.edu
Medford, Massachusetts
(617) 627-3170

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1852

5,255

21%

90.2%

87.4%

$46,598

$46,598

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

718

709

713

31

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

31

Jamestown College

http://www.jc.edu
6000 College Lane
Jamestown, North Dakota
(701) 252-3467 x5562

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N/A

939

56%

41.1%

31.1%

$18,494

$18,494

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.29

478

441

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

32

Northern Arizona University

http://www.nau.edu
South San Francisco Street
Flagstaff, Arizona
(928) 523-5511

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1899

21,774

76%

41.4%

29.9%

$9,740

$22,094

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.4

530

527

512

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

33

Hastings College

http://www.hastings.edu
800 North Turner Avenue
Hastings, Nebraska
(402) 461-7403

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1882

1,091

78%

20.8%

Not reported

$25,520

$25,520

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.2

490

500

N/A

23

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

34

West Virginia Wesleyan College

http://www.wvwc.edu
59 College Avenue
Buckhannon, West Virginia
(304) 473-8510

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1890

1,315

78%

52%

40.2%

$26,794

$26,794

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.37

487

483

466

22

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

35

Florida Southern College

http://www.flsouthern.edu
111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lakeland, Florida
(863) 680-4131

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1883

2,040

56%

52.1%

47.1%

$28,580

$28,580

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.63

541

546

521

24

0%

NC

 

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Leaders

36

Morgan State University

http://www.morgan.edu
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, Maryland
(443) 885-3000

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1867

6,114

43%

81%

43.0%

$7,218

$16,632

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3

400

400

N/A

N/A

0%

NC

 

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37

1863

19,853

99%

46.2%

27.2%

$8,585

$21,530

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.45

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

0%

NC

 

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38

Marietta College

http://www.marietta.edu
215 Fifth Street
Marietta, Ohio
(740) 376-4600

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1797

1,487

68%

59.3%

53.5%

$31,940

$31,940

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.41

555

539

517

24

0%

NC

 

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39

Gustavus Adolphus College

http://www.gustavus.edu
800 West College Avenue
St. Peter, Minnesota
(507) 933-7676

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1862

2,524

63%

82.7%

82.0%

$39,120

$39,120

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.66

N/A

N/A

N/A

27

0%

NC

 

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1857

18,257

74%

61.9%

47.0%

$12,573

$20,013

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.36

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

0%

NC

 

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41

Kentucky Christian University

http://www.kcu.edu
100 Academic Parkway
Grayson, Kentucky
(606) 474-3266

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1919

574

58%

38.6%

34.1%

$16,350

$16,350

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.02

479

490

449

21

0%

NC

 

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42

Fisk University

http://www.fisk.edu
1000 17th Avenue, N
Nashville, Tennessee
(615) 329-8665

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1866

594

65%

54.2%

49.2%

$20,543

$20,543

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

2.87

447

474

458

20

0%

NC

 

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43

1851

8,476

26%

90.6%

86.4%

$45,527

$45,527

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

N/A

690

670

670

30

0%

NC

 

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44

Morehouse College

http://www.morehouse.edu
830 Westview Drive, SW
Atlanta, Georgia
(404) 681-2800 x2632

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1867

2,377

66%

48%

39.0%

$25,460

$25,460

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.24

517

512

495

21

0%

NC

 

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45

Butler University

http://www.butler.edu
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana
(317) 940-8100

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1855

4,020

66%

63.4%

54.9%

$34,368

$34,368

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.79

586

572

564

27

0%

NC

 

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46

Alabama State University

http://www.alasu.edu
915 South Jackson Street
Montgomery, Alabama
(334) 229-4291

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N/A

5,130

52%

18.5%

8.2%

$8,263

$11,731

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

2.8

370

380

N/A

16

0%

NC

 

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47

Mississippi University for Women

http://www.muw.edu
1100 College Street, MUW-1600
Columbus, Mississippi
(662) 329-7106

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1884

2,503

44%

33.7%

26.8%

$5,640

$15,360

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.32

590

504

N/A

22

0%

NC

 

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48

Walla Walla University

http://www.wallawalla.edu
204 South College Avenue
College Place, Washington
(509) 527-2615

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1892

1,710

89%

39.7%

22.1%

$25,377

$25,377

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.49

450

470

460

21

0%

NC

 

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49

University of Central Oklahoma

http://www.uco.edu
100 North University Drive
Edmond, Oklahoma
(405) 974-2338

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1890

15,379

79%

22.4%

10.0%

$5,437

$13,552

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Public

3.57

N/A

N/A

N/A

21

0%

NC

 

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50

William Woods University

http://www.williamwoods.edu
One University Avenue
Fulton, Missouri
(573) 592-4221

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1870

1,036

80%

47%

41.6%

$20,650

$20,650

Tuition Assistance, Scholarships

Private

3.5

480

470

450

20

0%

NC

 

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