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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$32,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

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 Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in painting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent painting programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $19,375 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Harding University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Read full report on Painting at Harding University

#2

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University South Carolina landed the #2 spot on the list. Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit institution located in Anderson, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make more than $110k list, Anderson University South Carolina has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Anderson University South Carolina is $21,756 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Anderson University South Carolina Painting Report

#3

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.

MC also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend MC is $17,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Painting at MC

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s painting students 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. It costs about $22,021 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.

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%.

Full Virginia Commonwealth University Painting Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 44 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Savannah College of Art and Design is $43,641 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Painting at Savannah College of Art and Design

#6

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#1 in overall quality

University of Miami came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. U Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend U Miami is $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make more than $110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Painting at U Miami

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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.

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