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2022 Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$28,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Printmaking is the 825th most popular major in the country with 191 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 9 printmaking graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 printmaking graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in printmaking. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent printmaking programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the printmaking program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Printmaking in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Ambrose University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Saint Ambrose University is a small school located in Davenport, Iowa that handed out 1 bachelors’s printmaking degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Printmaking Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Ambrose University is $26,204 for plains states region bachelor’s degree printmaking students.

Full Saint Ambrose University Printmaking Report

#2

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s printmaking students in 2019-2020.

MCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Printmaking Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $28,717 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Printmaking students per year to attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Printmaking at MCAD

#3

Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas City Art Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Kansas City Art Institute is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 4 bachelors’s printmaking degrees in 2019-2020.

Kansas City Art Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Printmaking Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kansas City Art Institute is $30,452 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Printmaking students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Kansas City Art Institute Printmaking Report

#4

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Printmaking Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s printmaking degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best Printmaking Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Washington University in St Louis is $26,869 for plains states region bachelor’s degree printmaking students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full WUSTL Printmaking 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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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