2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Painting in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Missouri, there were 23 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri

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

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

#1

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$30,452 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas City Art Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Kansas City Art Institute is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 19 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Art Institute also made our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $30,452 for missouri bachelor’s degree painting students per year to attend Kansas City Art Institute.

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.

Read full report on Painting at Kansas City Art Institute

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$26,869 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Painting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $26,869 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Painting students per year to attend WUSTL.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about Painting at Washington University in St Louis

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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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