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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$27,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,668 people earned their degree in audiovisual communications, making the major the 145th most popular in the United States. 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 California, there were 1,200 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,375 and $29,636 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications 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 audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s audiovisual degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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