2026 Best Value Painting Schools in Oregon
[Painting](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/fine-and-studio-arts/painting/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for painting students.
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2026 Best Value Painting Schools in Oregon
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in painting, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Painting Schools
Pacific Northwest College Of Art earned the #1 spot for value among painting schools in Oregon. Pacific Northwest College Of Art is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland. In-state tuition and fees average $49,006. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete the painting program here. Early-career painting graduates make about $27,350. That is a strong return on a $27,000 median debt. Roughly 75% of applicants are accepted.
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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