Little Rock, AR · Public
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
6 listings on file
Painter programs in Arkansas
6 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in Arkansas yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The schools are below.
What the job pays in Arkansas
$40,090median, per year
This is what painters, construction and maintenance earn across Arkansas, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $49,400.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 47-2141 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26
50-mile radius
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Price on file
Trade schools · 6
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Russellville, AR · Public
Net price / yr
$12,970
After grant aid
Median debt
$21,000
Completers, institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Forrest City, AR · Public
Net price / yr
$7,220
After grant aid
Median debt
$6,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
51%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Harrison, AR · Public
Net price / yr
$10,180
After grant aid
Median debt
$9,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
42%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Pine Bluff, AR · Public
Net price / yr
$19,038
After grant aid
Median debt
$8,600
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
28%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Hope, AR · Public
Net price / yr
$9,270
After grant aid
Completion
57%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Requirements, the test, timing
How to actually get in
Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.
How to get into a painter apprenticeship6 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.