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

5 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$21,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 41 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WUSTL is $6,248 for plains states region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Painting at Washington University in St Louis

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k list, Drake has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $24,060 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Drake.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

Read more about Painting at Drake University

#3

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

MCAD also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend MCAD is $23,848 for plains states region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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.

Full Minneapolis College of Art and Design Painting Report

#4

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Ambrose University landed the #4 spot on the list. Davenport, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $24,516 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Saint Ambrose University.

Read full report on Painting at Saint Ambrose University

#5

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas City Art Institute. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Art Institute not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas City Art Institute is $29,794 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Kansas City Art Institute 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.

Credits

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

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