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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
513 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 2,069 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,967 and $29,007 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 513 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The audiovisual school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region”.

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

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Southeast Region

#1

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Ai Atlanta is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

Ai Atlanta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ai Atlanta is $23,051 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at The Art Institute of Atlanta

#2

Alabama A & M University

Normal, Alabama

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alabama A & M University landed the #2 spot on the list. Normal, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

AAMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for AAMU is $14,990 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

Full Alabama A & M University Audiovisual Communications Report

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #3 spot on the list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend International Fine Arts College is $20,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at International Fine Arts College

#4

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Belmont University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Belmont is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Belmont, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $35,548 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students per year to attend Belmont University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Winter Park, Florida, this large private for-profit school awarded 304 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Full Sail University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Full Sail University is $27,524 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Full Sail University

Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Savannah College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $43,641 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at SCAD

#7

Living Arts College

Raleigh, North Carolina

Living Arts College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Living Arts College is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

Living Arts College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Living Arts College is $25,110 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Living Arts College Audiovisual Communications Report

#8

SAE Institute - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, SAE Institute - Nashville did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. SAE Institute - Nashville is a small private for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 8 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students list, SAE Institute - Nashville has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SAE Institute - Nashville is $41,105 for southeast region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at SAE Institute - Nashville

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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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