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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$28,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that 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.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The painting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting 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 list. Harding University is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Harding is $19,375 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Harding Painting Report

#2

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $17,186 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting students per year to attend MC.

Full Mississippi College Painting Report

#3

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University South Carolina landed the #3 spot on the list. Anderson, South Carolina 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.

Anderson University South Carolina also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Anderson University South Carolina is $21,756 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students.

Read more about Painting at Anderson University South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

VCU also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Commonwealth University is $22,021 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students.

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%.

Full Virginia Commonwealth University Painting Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. 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. It costs about $43,641 for southeast region bachelor’s degree painting students per year to attend Savannah College of Art and Design.

Read more about Painting at Savannah College of Art and Design

#6

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#1 in overall quality

University of Miami did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Painting 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%. 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 more about Painting at University of Miami

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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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