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2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s

5 Ranked Colleges
115 Degrees Awarded
$30,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s” 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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 115 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications

#1

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s. NYIT is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Old Westbury, New York. It awarded 47 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYIT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York Institute of Technology are $25,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at New York Institute of Technology

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s audiovisual students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524.

Full The American University Audiovisual Communications Report

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s. 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.

In addition to being on our master’s degree audiovisual students list, Academy of Art University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Academy of Art University

#4

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIU Post. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s. LIU Post is a fairly large school located in Brookville, New York that handed out 12 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

LIU Post also made our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479.

Full LIU Post Audiovisual Communications Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #5 spot on the list. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s audiovisual degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

SCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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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