by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Painting Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Painting is the 517th most popular major in the country with 646 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 10 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 painting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Painting Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in painting. To top this list, a school must have a successful painting program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended Painting Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Painting Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Painting Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Art landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2020-2021.
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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Painting Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s painting students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
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