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

6 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in painting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality painting programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Harding is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $21,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Harding University.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Harding University Painting Report

#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 $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k list, VCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,684 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend VCU.

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 VCU

#3

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anderson University South Carolina. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Anderson, South Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Anderson University South Carolina also took the #4 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,621 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Anderson University South Carolina.

Read more about Painting at Anderson University South Carolina

#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #4 spot on the list. Clinton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

MC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi College is $19,160 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Painting at Mississippi College

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.

U Miami also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for U Miami is $44,741 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Painting at University of Miami

#3 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #3 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $45,370 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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