If you plan on majoring in painting, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #517 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Painting Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 degrees in painting during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of painting school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for painting schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Pennsylvania.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the painting degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Temple University if you want to pursue a degree in painting. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population.
There were approximately 19 painting students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in painting. Located in the city of Philadelphia, PAFA is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 20 painting students who graduated with this degree at PAFA in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in painting needs to check out Marywood University. Located in the city of Scranton, Marywood is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 2 painting students who graduated with this degree at Marywood 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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