Painting at Boston University

If you plan to study painting, take a look at what Boston University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Painting section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Painting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Painting
• Master’s Degree in Painting

Boston U Painting Rankings

The painting major at Boston U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Painting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Painting Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the painting majors at Boston University.

Boston U Painting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of painting bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its painting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's in painting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Boston U Painting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of painting master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in painting each year. Boston U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 37% more men than average.

Of the students who received a painting master's degree from Boston U, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in painting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Sculpture
• Printmaking
• Art History

Careers That Painting Grads May Go Into

A degree in painting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,190	$99,540
Multimedia Artists and Animators	610	$71,210
Fine Artists	270	$59,170

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.