If you plan on majoring in painting, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #517 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
There was only one school in Washington to review for the 2025 Best Painting Schools in Washington ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Painting Schools in Washington list, to help you choose the best school for you.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the painting degree levels they offer.
University of Puget Sound is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in painting. Located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma, Puget Sound is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree in painting from University of Puget Sound
Best Painting Colleges in the Far Western US Region
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).
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