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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
49 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in painting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality painting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the painting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,424 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Oakland University.

Read more about Painting at Oakland University

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.

Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $17,132 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Ferris State University.

Read full report on Painting at Ferris

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $21,998 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UIUC.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Painting Report

#4

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
#5 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Art Academy of Cincinnati landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k list, AAC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $29,791 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k 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.

Full Art Academy of Cincinnati Painting Report

#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 $75-$110k. This small school is located in Chicago, 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 $75-$110k list, The Academy has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $32,536 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend American Academy of Art.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Painting at The Academy

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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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