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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$29,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Photojournalism is the 885th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 29 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in photojournalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality photojournalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the photojournalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s photojournalism degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Point Park, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $21,470 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree photojournalism students per year to attend Point Park University.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #2 spot on the list. St John’s University - New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in Queens, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

STJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend St John’s University - New York is $27,130 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students.

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#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 4 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for George Washington University is $33,719 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Photojournalism at George Washington University

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Syracuse University is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 7 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also took the #2 spot in our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse University is $34,482 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree photojournalism students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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