2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Publishing in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in publishing, making the major the 303rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,650 and had an average of $54,266 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 7 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality publishing 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 publishing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Publishing in the Southeast Region

#1

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$35,548 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Publishing Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Belmont is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s publishing degrees to qualified students.

Belmont also made our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Belmont is $35,548 for southeast region bachelor’s degree publishing students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.

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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