2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2019-2020, 4,751 people earned their degree in advertising, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,095 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,019 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in advertising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent advertising programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the advertising program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
Top 16 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Advertising in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 198 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students per year to attend UF.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Appalachian State University is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 67 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students list, Appalachian State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State University is $13,920 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Searcy, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harding, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $19,375 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend Harding University.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 132 students in 2019-2020.
UCF also made our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read more about Advertising at University of Central Florida
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 187 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students list, UGA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students per year to attend University of Georgia.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Memphis did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s advertising degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students list, UofM has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UofM is $13,248 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
University of Southern Mississippi did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
Southern Miss also took the #14 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend University of Southern Mississippi.
Read more about Advertising at University of Southern Mississippi
Murray State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Murray State University is $11,390 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
Lee University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Lee University is a medium-sized school located in Cleveland, Tennessee that handed out 10 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Lee University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lee University is $17,696 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 76 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
UofSC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $20,509 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend UofSC.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 53 degrees to qualified bachelors’s advertising students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students per year to attend UT Knoxville.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Western Kentucky University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. WKU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WKU is $11,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
The University of Alabama came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 132 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Alabama is $22,597 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Advertising students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Southern Adventist University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Southern Adventist University is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
Southern Adventist also took the #16 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Adventist is $22,661 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
Read full report on Advertising at Southern Adventist University
Barry University landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 2 bachelors’s advertising degrees in 2019-2020.
Barry University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Barry University is $17,994 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students.
University of Miami came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advertising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 81 bachelors’s advertising degrees to qualified students.
U Miami also took the #3 spot in our “Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $46,949 for southeast region bachelor’s degree advertising students per year to attend U Miami.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
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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%.
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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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