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 reviewed 3 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of painting. Combined, these schools handed out 16 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Painting Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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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.
Cranbrook Academy of Art is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in painting. Located in the large suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Carnbrook Academy is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly 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.
Oakland University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in painting. Oakland is a large public university located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.
There were about 3 painting students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
Ferris State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in painting. Ferris is a large public university located in the town of Big Rapids.
There were approximately 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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