2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s
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Drawing is the 680th most popular major in the country with 358 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 262 drawing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in drawing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drawing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drawing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 16 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Drawing
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UPR Rio Piedras is a fairly large public school situated in San Juan, . It awarded 8 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPR Rio Piedras, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,714 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students per year to attend University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Columbus, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s drawing students in 2019-2020.
CSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,058 for bachelor’s degree drawing students per year to attend Columbus State University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 142 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia State also made our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,953 for bachelor’s degree drawing students per year to attend Georgia State.
Out of the 16 schools in the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #4 spot on the list. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s drawing degrees to qualified students.
Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,802 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students per year to attend Oakland University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shawnee State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Shawnee State University is a small school located in Portsmouth, Ohio that handed out 1 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree drawing students list, Shawnee State University has also earned the #16 rank in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Shawnee State University is $16,320 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students.
The University of Montana landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s drawing degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.
UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Montana is $15,246 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students.
Indiana Wesleyan University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Marion, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s drawing students in 2019-2020.
IWU also took the #14 spot in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Wesleyan University is $20,946 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students.
American Academy of Art landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
The Academy also made our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. The estimated yearly cost for American Academy of Art is $28,106 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Bradley University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Peoria, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s drawing degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree drawing students list, Bradley has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,634 for bachelor’s degree drawing students per year to attend Bradley University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s drawing students in 2019-2020.
UMass Dartmouth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $18,503 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students per year to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth.
Drake University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s drawing degrees to qualified students.
Drake also made our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Drake University is $29,432 for bachelor’s degree drawing students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
PAFA also made our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $26,284 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students per year to attend Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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University of New Haven came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s drawing degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
University of New Haven also took the #9 spot in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $33,400 for bachelor’s degree drawing students per year to attend University of New Haven.
The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, Maryland Institute College of Art did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
MICA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $38,921 for bachelor’s degree drawing students per year to attend Maryland Institute College of Art.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Pratt Institute - Main landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s drawing degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pratt Institute, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $45,571 for bachelor’s degree drawing students per year to attend Pratt Institute - Main.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Bennington College ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Drawing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Bennington is located in Bennington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s drawing degrees to qualified students.
Bennington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Drawing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $29,325 for Bachelor’s Degree Drawing students per year to attend Bennington College.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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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.
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