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Best Schools for Painting in Maine
If you are not 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.
Top Schools in Painting
Maine College Of Art is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in painting. Located in the city of Portland, Maine College Of Art is a small private not-for-profit university. The six-year graduation rate is 52%. There were roughly 10 painting students who graduated with this degree at Maine College Of Art in the most recent data year. Painting graduates of Maine College Of Art earn a median of $27,255 early in their careers. Typical student debt for the program is $27,000.
More information about a degree in painting from Maine College Of Art
Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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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