Best Painting and Drawing Schools in North America

For Painting and Drawing

#2 in the United States

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,730

3. Stanford University

For Painting and Drawing

#3 in the United States

#10 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,998

4. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Painting and Drawing

#4 in the United States

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,044

5. Cornell University

For Painting and Drawing

#5 in the United States

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,455

6. University of Chicago

For Painting and Drawing

#6 in the United States

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $27,979

7. University of California - Los Angeles

For Painting and Drawing

#7 in the United States

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $22,441
Enrollment: 46,678

8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Painting and Drawing

#8 in the United States

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $21,519

9. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Painting and Drawing

#9 in the United States

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1435
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 60%

10. Columbia University

For Painting and Drawing

#10 in the United States

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,869

11. University of California - Berkeley

For Painting and Drawing

#11 in the United States

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $25,951
Enrollment: 45,699

12. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Painting and Drawing

#12 in the United States

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 81%

13. Harvard University

For Painting and Drawing

#13 in the United States

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,900

14. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Painting and Drawing

#14 in the United States

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

15. Pennsylvania State University

For Painting and Drawing

#15 in the United States

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 66%

16. Carnegie Mellon University

For Painting and Drawing

#16 in the United States

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $32,964

17. University of Toronto

For Painting and Drawing

#1 in Canada

#39 in the World

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

18. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Painting and Drawing

#17 in the United States

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 58%

19. University of Pennsylvania

For Painting and Drawing

#18 in the United States

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,017

20. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Painting and Drawing

#19 in the United States

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 66%

21. Temple University

For Painting and Drawing

#20 in the United States

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $11,891
Enrollment: 30,205

22. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Painting and Drawing

#21 in the United States

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

23. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Painting and Drawing

#22 in the United States

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 98%

24. University of Southern California

For Painting and Drawing

#23 in the United States

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,496

25. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Painting and Drawing

#24 in the United States

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Receiving Aid: 55%
Average Aid: $14,390
Enrollment: 55,620

26. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Painting and Drawing

#25 in the United States

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 71%

27. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Painting and Drawing

#26 in the United States

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,844

28. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Painting and Drawing

#27 in the United States

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 73%

29. University of California-San Diego

United States | District of Columbia

For Painting and Drawing

#28 in the United States

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $24,176
Enrollment: 42,376

30. Indiana University - Bloomington

United States | Indiana

For Painting and Drawing

#29 in the United States

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 83%

31. Georgetown University

For Painting and Drawing

#30 in the United States

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $37,967

32. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Painting and Drawing

#31 in the United States

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 61%

33. Duke University

For Painting and Drawing

#32 in the United States

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,422

34. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Painting and Drawing

#2 in Canada

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

35. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Painting and Drawing

#3 in Canada

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 71,201
Founded: 1908

36. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Painting and Drawing

#33 in the United States

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 77%

37. University of Delaware

United States | Delaware

For Painting and Drawing

#34 in the United States

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 92%

38. University of Virginia

For Painting and Drawing

#35 in the United States

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 44%

39. Northwestern University

United States | District of Columbia

For Painting and Drawing

#36 in the United States

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,341

40. George Washington University

For Painting and Drawing

#37 in the United States

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,466

41. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Painting and Drawing

#38 in the United States

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 60%

42. Simon Fraser University

Canada | British Columbia

For Painting and Drawing

#4 in Canada

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1965

43. Dartmouth College

United States | New Hampshire

For Painting and Drawing

#39 in the United States

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $17,322

44. Vanderbilt University

United States | Tennessee

For Painting and Drawing

#40 in the United States

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,689

45. University of Montreal

For Painting and Drawing

#5 in Canada

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 66,972
Founded: 1878

46. University of California - Davis

For Painting and Drawing

#41 in the United States

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,258
Enrollment: 39,707

47. University of Victoria

Canada | British Columbia

For Painting and Drawing

#6 in Canada

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1963

48. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Painting and Drawing

#42 in the United States

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1289
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 79%

49. Montclair State University

United States | New Jersey

For Painting and Drawing

#43 in the United States

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1083
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $11,743

50. John Brown University

United States | Arkansas

For Painting and Drawing

#44 in the United States

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1238
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $21,464

51. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Painting and Drawing

#45 in the United States

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $11,992
Enrollment: 79,593

52. University of California - San Francisco

For Painting and Drawing

#46 in the United States

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,126
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

53. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Painting and Drawing

#47 in the United States

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,351

54. Stony Brook University

For Painting and Drawing

#48 in the United States

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 89%

55. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Painting and Drawing

#49 in the United States

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 34
Receiving Aid: 65%

56. Boston University

For Painting and Drawing

#50 in the United States

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,551

57. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Painting and Drawing

#7 in Canada

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

58. University of Oregon

United States | Oregon

For Painting and Drawing

#51 in the United States

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 90%

59. University of Windsor

For Painting and Drawing

#8 in Canada

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 16,092
Founded: 1857

60. College of William and Mary

For Painting and Drawing

#52 in the United States

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Average SAT: 1438
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 54%

61. University of Richmond

For Painting and Drawing

#53 in the United States

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $35,263

62. University of Pittsburgh

For Painting and Drawing

#54 in the United States

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

63. Williams College

For Painting and Drawing

#55 in the United States

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $16,988

64. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Painting and Drawing

#56 in the United States

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

65. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Painting and Drawing

#57 in the United States

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 87%

66. Brandeis University

For Painting and Drawing

#58 in the United States

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,668

67. McGill University

For Painting and Drawing

#9 in Canada

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

68. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Painting and Drawing

#59 in the United States

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,753

69. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Painting and Drawing

#60 in the United States

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 68%

70. University of Quebec in Montreal

For Painting and Drawing

#10 in Canada

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1969

71. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Painting and Drawing

#61 in the United States

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,986

72. Brigham Young University - Provo

United States | Utah

For Painting and Drawing

#62 in the United States

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $14,643

73. Boston College

For Painting and Drawing

#63 in the United States

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $32,590

74. University of Kansas

United States | Kansas State

For Painting and Drawing

#64 in the United States

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 93%

75. University of Waterloo

For Painting and Drawing

#11 in Canada

#271 in the World

Founded: 1957

76. Queen's University

For Painting and Drawing

#12 in Canada

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

77. Laval University

For Painting and Drawing

#13 in Canada

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1852

78. School of Visual Arts

For Painting and Drawing

#65 in the United States

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1308
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $59,211

79. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Painting and Drawing

#66 in the United States

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 97%

80. Brown University

United States | Rhode Island

For Painting and Drawing

#67 in the United States

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,608

81. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Painting and Drawing

#68 in the United States

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,440

82. Western University

For Painting and Drawing

#14 in Canada

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

83. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Painting and Drawing

#69 in the United States

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 9,116
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1961

84. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Painting and Drawing

#70 in the United States

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 92%

85. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Painting and Drawing

#71 in the United States

#316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 74%
Average Aid: $10,554
Enrollment: 33,500

86. Tufts University

For Painting and Drawing

#72 in the United States

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $33,333

87. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Painting and Drawing

#73 in the United States

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,732
Enrollment: 26,068

88. Carleton University

For Painting and Drawing

#15 in Canada

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,109
Founded: 1942

89. University of California - Irvine

For Painting and Drawing

#74 in the United States

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $21,533
Enrollment: 36,582

90. University of South Florida

United States | Florida

For Painting and Drawing

#75 in the United States

#325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 88%

91. Texas Tech University

United States | Texas

For Painting and Drawing

#76 in the United States

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 86%

92. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

United States | Indiana

For Painting and Drawing

#77 in the United States

#327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 91%

93. York University

For Painting and Drawing

#16 in Canada

#333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 53,000
Founded: 1959

94. Wake Forest University

For Painting and Drawing

#78 in the United States

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,790

95. California Institute of Technology

For Painting and Drawing

#79 in the United States

#337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $23,397
Receiving Aid: 68%
Average Aid: $60,201

96. California University of Pennsylvania

For Painting and Drawing

#80 in the United States

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $6,250
Enrollment: 6,885

97. Florida State University

United States | Florida

For Painting and Drawing

#81 in the United States

#343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

98. Virginia Commonwealth University

For Painting and Drawing

#82 in the United States

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 100%

99. University of Missouri - Columbia

United States | Missouri

For Painting and Drawing

#83 in the United States

#348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 90%

100. School of the Art Institute of Chicago