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2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

11 Ranked Colleges
128 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Painting is the 492nd most popular major in the country with 739 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 157 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in painting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent painting programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the painting program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Boston University is $12,903 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Boston University Painting Report

#11 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $8,753 for new england region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read full report on Painting at University of Southern Maine

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design is $18,422 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Massachusetts College of Art and Design Painting Report

#4

Salem State University

Salem, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Salem, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Salem State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Salem State University is $14,593 for new england region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Painting at Salem State

#5

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. North Dartmouth, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Dartmouth also took the #5 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMass Dartmouth is $13,925 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Painting at UMass Dartmouth

#6

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#9 in overall quality

Bennington College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Bennington College is located in Bennington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bennington, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington College is $23,511 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%. 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.

Full Bennington Painting Report

#7

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut
#7 in overall quality

University of Hartford ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UHart also took the #7 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UHart is $25,767 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Painting at University of Hartford

#8

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

Rhode Island School of Design did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. RISD is a small school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 34 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

RISD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rhode Island School of Design is $32,844 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full RISD Painting Report

#9

Maine College of Art

Portland, Maine
#10 in overall quality

Maine College of Art came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Maine College of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $0-$30k list, Maine College of Art has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Maine College of Art is $28,633 for new england region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Painting at Maine College of Art

#10

Montserrat College of Art

Beverly, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

Montserrat College of Art came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This small school is located in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $0-$30k list, Montserrat College of Art has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,376 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Montserrat College of Art.

Read more about Painting at Montserrat College of Art

#11

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#8 in overall quality

University of New Haven ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of New Haven is $28,783 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Painting at University of New Haven

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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