Alexandria, LA · Public
Net price / yr
After grant aid
Median debt
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
4 listings on file
Painter programs in Louisiana
4 trade schools, and no registered apprenticeships. We hold no apprenticeship records for this trade in Louisiana yet, which is a gap in our coverage rather than a statement about the trade. The schools are below.
What the job pays in Louisiana
$46,410median, per year
This is what painters, construction and maintenance earn across Louisiana, 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
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Price on file
Trade schools · 4
You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.
Trade school
Lafayette, LA · Private nonprofit
Net price / yr
$29,592
After grant aid
Median debt
$13,271
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
42%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Lake Charles, LA · Public
Net price / yr
$7,525
After grant aid
Completion
43%
Institution-wide
Enrolls year-round
Trade school
Lacombe, LA · Public
Net price / yr
$10,773
After grant aid
Median debt
$12,000
Completers, institution-wide
Completion
40%
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 apprenticeship4 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.