2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Painting is the 492nd most popular major in the country with 739 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 22 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great painting programs and cost less that 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 Southwest 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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$9,925 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $9,925 for southwest region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full University of Houston Painting Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $30-$48k)

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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