2023 Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,200
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Painting for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Painting for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in painting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality painting programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the painting program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Painting for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Painting for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Painting for a Bachelor’s. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s painting degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,283 of the 48,149 students enrolled at University of Washington - Seattle Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,190. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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 veteran student life at University of Washington - Seattle Campus]](/colleges/university-of-washington-seattle-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Art Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Painting for a Bachelor’s list. SFAI is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 11 bachelors’s painting degrees in 2020-2021.
SFAI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Painting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 41 students enrolled at SFAI, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,103. To help with additional expenses, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full SFAI Veteran Student Life 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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