2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Painting in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in painting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their painting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Painting in the Far Western US Region

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s painting students in 2020-2021.

Full Central Washington University Painting Report

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Painting Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 3 masters’s painting degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Painting Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.