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2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 739 people earned their degree in painting, making the major the 492nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 125 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 96 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in painting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality painting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the painting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Commonwealth University is $17,529 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Painting at VCU

#2

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Harding is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also took the #5 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,735 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Harding University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Painting at Harding

#3

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Clinton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k list, MC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,938 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mississippi College.

Full MC Painting Report

#4

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anderson, South Carolina. It awarded 10 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anderson University South Carolina, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,045 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Anderson University South Carolina.

Read more about Painting at Anderson University South Carolina

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k list, U Miami has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Miami is $36,623 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Painting at University of Miami

#3 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $41,628 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Painting at SCAD

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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