2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 6 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting in Iowa

#1

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$26,204 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Ambrose University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa list. Saint Ambrose University is a small school located in Davenport, Iowa that handed out 4 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Saint Ambrose University is $26,204 for iowa bachelor’s degree painting students.

Full Saint Ambrose University Painting Report

#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$29,432 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa list. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 2 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drake is $29,432 for iowa bachelor’s degree painting students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Painting at Drake University

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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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