2025 Best Painting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Painting is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #357 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of painting. Combined, these schools handed out 32 bachelor's degrees in painting to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on painting students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of painting students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized painting related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for painting students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Painting Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Painting in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in painting.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Painting

1

Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in painting needs to check out Cleveland Institute of Art. Located in the city of Cleveland, CIA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in painting from Cleveland Institute of Art

2

Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI

5 Annual Graduates

Oakland University is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in painting. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in painting from Oakland University

Best Painting Colleges by State

Explore the best painting colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	8
Ohio	612	13
Illinois	558	13
Indiana	535	2

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Painting Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Fine & Studio Arts area of study, Painting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine Arts	1,629
Art Studies	1,393
Art History	285
Other Fine Arts & Art Studies	79
Drawing	28
Intermedia/Multimedia	27
Sculpture	15
Jewelry Arts	3
Printmaking	1
Ceramic Arts & Ceramics	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan. More about our data sources and methodologies.