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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
345 Degrees Awarded
$24,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

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 audiovisual communications program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Bowie, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 89 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

Bowie State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $15,934 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Bowie State University.

Full Bowie State University Audiovisual Communications Report

#2

Buffalo State

Buffalo, New York

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Buffalo State landed the #2 spot on the list. Buffalo State is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Buffalo State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Buffalo State is $12,960 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Audiovisual students with aid.

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#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. York, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

YCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $20,652 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students with aid per year to attend YCP.

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 more about Audiovisual Communications at York College of Pennsylvania

#4

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Rowan is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 120 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $25,454 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students with aid per year to attend Rowan.

Full Rowan Audiovisual Communications Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St John’s University - New York. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. STJ is a private not-for-profit institution located in Queens, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students with aid list, STJ has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $27,130 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students with aid per year to attend St John’s University - New York.

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

#6

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

LIU Post came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brookville, New York, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

LIU Post also took the #7 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LIU Post is $25,767 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at LIU Post

#7

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

American University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The American University is $43,451 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Audiovisual students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at The American University

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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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