2024 Best Colleges for Printmaking

SUMMARY

Majoring in Printmaking is not only a valuable choice, but often a critical first step for undergraduates desiring to pursue a career as a font designer, a packaging designer, or a packaging producer. Interestingly, nationally, printmaking is a ​unique major ranking as the 360th most popular area of study. Last academic year alone, there were 144 printmaking graduates. In-state tuition for printmaking at private institutions is, on average, 3.4 times more costly than their public peers.

With just 45 schools having programs for this degree there might be limited options as to the institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you're hoping to surround yourself with other printmaking undergrads, look at universities in Pennsylvania which have more undergrads admitted to printmaking than any other state. Zooming out, the best region to major in printmaking is in the Mid East region with Maryland Institute College of Art, SUNY at Purchase College, and Temple University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection of the top conference to major in printmaking is the American Athletic Conference with Temple University representing the conference. On that topic, our belief is that the best school for printmaking is Rhode Island School of Design. You might also want to check out our list of best colleges.

The best school is not necessarily the 'best' school for every student. There might be a bunch more angels to consider when choosing ​university. Things such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food would refashion your decision of which college to attend. Here at authority.org, we've weighed the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are interested in which printmaking university boasts the superior campus, the winner is Temple University. If you are mostly interested in which school boasts the top campus, we have a whole page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more so we can evaluate all U.S. majors in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life&nbsphere and from that list, our selection of the college with the best student life for printmaking is Rhode Island School of Design. Are you curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about our top selections. Some of our picks will probably shock you.

If expense is a primary influence in your choice of where you attend college, you might consider avoiding Rhode Island School of Design. Rhode Island School of Design&nbspappears to be our most expensive school for printmaking, at least regarding out of state attendance. That being said, we have a page for the most expensive&nbspuniversities that could put the price tag at Rhode Island School of Design&nbspinto perspective. You may also be interested to know that printmaking is the 103rd most expensive degree in the US, with an average expense of $39,000. To zoom out a little, the most expensive state for printmaking nationally is Rhode Island with expenses at the primary university, Rhode Island School of Design, of $51,800. To zoom out even further, the most expensive region of the U.S. for printmaking is unfortunately unavailable due to missing data.

Our cheapest region for printmaking is the Mid East region which is represented by Maryland Institute College of Art with a cost of $48,510, SUNY at Purchase College with a cost of $16,980, and Temple University with a cost of $28,992. In better news, the most affordable school for printmaking is SUNY at Purchase College. Authority.org's entire list of the most affordable schools can be explored here.

In-state students can expect to pay about $13,200 for a degree in printmaking. That price balloons substantially to a median of $29,000 for an out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our selection for the school representing the best value for printmaking: Rhode Island School of Design. Through this link you will find our comprehensive list of the schools we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. That being said, this list is based on being an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for printmaking students vary widely, but within two-years of leaving college students will typically earn around $49,100. There is a lot of variation in earnings potential; highest paid earners can bring in up to $90,400. Even straight out of college, the lowest earning jobs within the printmaking field make $27,000, which could be worse. The highest earning grads from printmaking attended Temple University&nbspand if you are looking for schools with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The prevailing diversity of printmaking ranks below average, falling within the 30th percentile of all majors. The university with the most composite diversity for printmaking is Maryland Institute College of Art&nbspand here you can find our general list of the universities with the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Printmaking stands only within the 45th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is even lower in the 27th percentile. White students make up the largest proportion, 71%, of scholars studying printmaking. Additionally, 77% of scholars seeking a printmaking degree are women.

The median ranking of printmaking professors is 4.5 stars, a score that is 13% higher than the median for every major; this is a pretty good score. If you want the most popular printmaking instructor in the country, consider looking up Nathan Jolliff from Eastern Michigan University. It may surprise you, but the highest ranked instructors for printmaking from student rankings come from Eastern Michigan University. If we incorporate data other than simply rankings it becomes clear that the university possessing the best professors for printmaking is Massachusetts College of Art and Design. You will find more detail on our evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, as well as some of the top instructors in the U.S.

Finally, the most difficult university to get into for printmaking is Rhode Island School of Design. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we do have a general page of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you believe that approaching university with a perspective only formed from superlatives can cause problems. We at Authority hope you read our other pages on different topics and explore a couple of our background 'blog posts' on useful details to consider as your college search develops.