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2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
49 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 739 people earned their degree in painting, making the major the 492nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 58 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in painting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality painting programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k list, UIUC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UIUC is $8,464 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Painting at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

Oakland also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Oakland University is $7,751 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Oakland Painting Report

#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ferris has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ferris is $10,521 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Painting at Ferris State University

#4

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Art Academy of Cincinnati. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AAC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $21,812 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Art Academy of Cincinnati.

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.

Read more about Painting at Art Academy of Cincinnati

#5

American Academy of Art

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Academy of Art. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Academy, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $24,609 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend The Academy.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full American Academy of Art Painting Report

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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.

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