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2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$28,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in painting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great painting programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the painting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students with aid list, VCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for VCU is $22,021 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

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 more about Painting at Virginia Commonwealth University

#2

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harding is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students with aid list, Harding has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Harding University is $19,375 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Painting at Harding

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 with aid 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 estimated yearly cost for Anderson University South Carolina is $21,756 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

Full Anderson University South Carolina Painting Report

#4

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid 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 estimated yearly cost for Mississippi College is $17,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

Read more about Painting at MC

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. U Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s 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 University of Miami is $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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 Getting Aid ranking. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 44 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students with aid list, SCAD has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $43,641 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

Read more about Painting at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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

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

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