A degree in painting is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #517 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Painting Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 78 degrees in painting to qualified students.
The painting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Painting rankings. For our Best Overall Painting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Painting Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the painting degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a degree in painting. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.
There were roughly 38 painting students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in painting. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public college located in the city of Boston.
There were roughly 27 painting students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in painting. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
There were about 6 painting students who graduated with this degree at UMass Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
Montserrat College of Art is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in painting. Montserrat College of Art is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Beverly.
There were approximately 6 painting students who graduated with this degree at Montserrat College of Art 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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The painting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Painting rankings. For our Best Overall Painting School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
