2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism in District of Columbia
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 144 people earned their degree in photojournalism, making the major the 883rd most popular in the United States.
Across District of Columbia, there were 13 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in photojournalism. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their photojournalism program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in District of Columbia
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in District of Columbia”.
Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism in District of Columbia
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Full GWU Photojournalism Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #2 spot on the list. Gallaudet is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Photojournalism at Gallaudet University
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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