A degree in painting is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #517 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Painting Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 degrees in painting annually.
The painting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Painting rankings. For our Best Overall Painting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Painting Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the painting degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in painting needs to look into Pratt Institute - Main. Pratt Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Brooklyn.
There were approximately 40 painting students who graduated with this degree at Pratt Institute in the most recent year we have data available.
Purchase College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in painting. Located in the suburb of Purchase, Purchase College is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #563 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purchase College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 34 painting students who graduated with this degree at Purchase College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat SUNY New Paltz if you wish to pursue a degree in painting. SUNY New Paltz is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of New Paltz. This school ranks 73rd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 9 painting students who graduated with this degree at SUNY New Paltz in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in painting needs to look into Alfred University. Alfred is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Alfred. This university ranks 56th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 5 painting students who graduated with this degree at Alfred in the most recent data year.
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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The painting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Painting rankings. For our Best Overall Painting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
