2022 Best Value Colleges for Painting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Painting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Painting Schools

The painting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Painting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Painting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Painting in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$12,838 Average Net Price

$46,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 17 ’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Painting Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for southwest region painting students with aid per year to attend UH.

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

Read full report on Painting at UH

• 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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