by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 646 people earned their degree in painting, making the major the 517th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 34 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in painting. That schools that top this list have a program in painting in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Art Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region. Pacific Northwest College of Art is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Painting at Pacific Northwest College of Art
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California College of the Arts. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region. California College of the Arts is a small school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 7 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Painting at California College of the Arts
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Puget Sound. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region. University of Puget Sound is a small school located in Tacoma, Washington that handed out 2 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s painting degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read full report on Painting at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Brigham Young University - Hawaii ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region list. BYU - H is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Laie, Hawaii. It awarded 0 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Central Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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