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2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across New York, there were 143 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in painting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great painting programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting in New York (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Fredonia

Fredonia, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Fredonia landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Fredonia is a public institution located in Fredonia, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Fredonia also took the #4 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $14,824 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid per year to attend SUNY Fredonia.

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%.

Read more about Painting at SUNY Fredonia

#2

Buffalo State

Buffalo, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Buffalo State landed the #2 spot on the list. Buffalo State is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Buffalo State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $12,960 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid per year to attend Buffalo State.

Full Buffalo State Painting Report

#3

SUNY New Paltz

New Paltz, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY New Paltz. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Located in New Paltz, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

SUNY New Paltz also took the #2 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY New Paltz is $17,171 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY New Paltz Painting Report

#4

Purchase College

Purchase, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purchase College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Purchase College is a small public school situated in Purchase, New York. It awarded 18 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Purchase College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend Purchase College is $18,326 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

Full Purchase College Painting Report

#5

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pratt Institute - Main. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Pratt Institute - Main is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 45 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree painting students with aid list, Pratt Institute has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pratt Institute is $45,571 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Painting students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Painting at Pratt Institute

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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