2024 Best Painting Schools in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
49Painting Degrees Awarded
Painting is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #517 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Painting Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 49 degrees in painting to qualified students.
Your choice of painting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Painting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Painting Schools in the Great Lakes Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Painting in the Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of painting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in painting needs to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 painting students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Evansville is a great option for students pursuing a degree in painting. Located in the city of Evansville, UE is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 15th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.More information about a degree in painting from University of Evansville
Every student who is interested in painting has to look into Cranbrook Academy of Art. Located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Carnbrook Academy is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were about 8 painting students who graduated with this degree at Carnbrook Academy in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you want to pursue a degree in painting. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the distant town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 4 painting students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
Oakland is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills. This university ranks 11th out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 3 painting students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year.
Ferris is a fairly large public university located in the town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 16th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 4 painting students who graduated with this degree at Ferris in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of painting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Painting School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
