2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 82 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 3 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York

#2 in overall quality

$25,460 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,565 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Old Westbury, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NYIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYIT 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

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.

The American University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at American University

#3

LIU Post

Brookville, New York

#3 in overall quality

$23,479 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$25,967 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, LIU Post landed the #3 spot on the list. Brookville, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s audiovisual degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree audiovisual students list, LIU Post has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at LIU Post are $23,479, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at LIU Post

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications

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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