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2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 125 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 96 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the painting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Searcy, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harding, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harding University is $18,132 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. VCU is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Commonwealth University is $20,868 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Painting at Virginia Commonwealth University

#3

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $48-$75k list, Anderson University South Carolina has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Anderson University South Carolina is $21,495 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Anderson University South Carolina Painting Report

#4

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clinton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi College is $18,221 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $48-$75k list, U Miami has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Miami is $38,540 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 U Miami

#3 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Savannah College of Art and Design is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Savannah College of Art and Design is $42,800 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Painting at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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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