2025 Best Painting Schools in the Southeast Region

Painting is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #517 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of painting. Combined, these schools handed out 105 degrees in painting to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Painting Schools List

Pick Your Painting Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Painting Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Painting in the Southeast Region

The schools below may not offer all types of painting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Painting

1

Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Painting Degrees Awarded

Savannah College of Art and Design is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in painting. Located in the city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Painting Degrees Awarded

Virginia Commonwealth University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in painting. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Richmond.More information about a degree in painting from Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Painting Colleges by State

Explore the best painting schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	1
North Carolina	710	0
Georgia	690	71
Virginia	630	35
Tennessee	624	3
South Carolina	530	6
Mississippi	501	4
Arkansas	466	0

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Painting Related Rankings by Major

Painting is one of 13 different types of Fine & Studio Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Painting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Art Studies	2,646
Fine Arts	2,147
Art History	515
Intermedia/Multimedia	342
Drawing	177
Other Fine Arts & Art Studies	68
Fiber, Textile & Weaving Arts	61
Jewelry Arts	35
Sculpture	16

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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.