2023 Most Focused Colleges for Photojournalism in the Southeast Region

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Photojournalism is the 883rd most popular major in the country with 144 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 13 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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Schools Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region photojournalism students.

Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for Photojournalism in the Southeast Region

1

Barton College
Wilson, North Carolina

$42,171 Average Early-Career Earnings

$29,929 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barton College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Wilson, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified ’s photojournalism students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Photojournalism at Barton College

2

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

$37,898 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,200 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified ’s photojournalism students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Photojournalism at WKU

3

Oakwood University
Huntsville, Alabama

$21,444 Average Early-Career Earnings

$33,113 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakwood University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Photojournalism Major in the Southeast Region. Oakwood University is located in Huntsville, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s photojournalism degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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

• *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.

Credits

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