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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
345 Degrees Awarded
$23,371 Avg Salary
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Audiovisual Communications is the 145th most popular major in the country with 6,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, audiovisual communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,392 and had an average of $24,925 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,180 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,140 and $20,950 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 345 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in audiovisual communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent audiovisual communications programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Bowie State University is a medium-sized school located in Bowie, Maryland that handed out 89 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Bowie State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bowie State University is $17,451 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Bowie State University

#2

York College of Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in York, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

YCP also took the #3 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for York College of Pennsylvania is $17,909 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at YCP

#3

Buffalo State

Buffalo, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buffalo State. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Buffalo State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $16,464 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Buffalo State.

Full Buffalo State Audiovisual Communications Report

#4

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Glassboro, New Jersey, and it awarded 120 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k list, Rowan has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rowan is $25,265 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Rowan University Audiovisual Communications Report

#5

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 15 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $33,158 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend The American University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full The American University Audiovisual Communications Report

#6

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

LIU Post landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Brookville, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

LIU Post not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend LIU Post is $26,979 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full LIU Post Audiovisual Communications Report

St John’s University - New York came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Queens, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 39 degrees to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

STJ also took the #5 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $26,661 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend St John’s University - New York.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at St John’s University - New York

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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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