2022 Best Value Colleges for Painting in Arkansas (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Painting Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Arkansas, there were 1 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Painting Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Painting Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Painting in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$19,375 Average Net Price

$48,761 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Searcy, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified ’s painting students in 2019-2020.

Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Painting Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $19,375 for Arkansas Painting students with aid per year to attend Harding 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Painting at Harding University

• Best Value Colleges for Painting in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Painting (With Aid)

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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