2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Painting in California

A bachelor's degree in painting is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #336 out of 1137 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Painting in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 bachelor's degrees in painting during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for painting.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Painting in California

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for painting students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Painting Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA

16 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in painting has to check out San Francisco Art Institute. SFAI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in painting in California. More information about a bachelor’s in painting from San Francisco Art Institute

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California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

14 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in painting needs to check out California College of the Arts. Located in the city of San Francisco, California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in painting in California. More information about a bachelor’s in painting from California College of the Arts

Best Painting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Painting Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	527	23
Oregon	330	5
Hawaii	177	7

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Painting Related Rankings by Major

One of 12 majors within the Fine & Studio Arts area of study, Painting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Art Studies	2,267
Fine Arts	1,240
Art History	393
Intermedia/Multimedia	53
Other Fine Arts & Art Studies	50
Jewelry Arts	19
Sculpture	7
Ceramic Arts & Ceramics	5
Fiber, Textile & Weaving Arts	5
Printmaking	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan. More about our data sources and methodologies.