by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Audiovisual Communications is the 152nd most popular major in the country with 6,229 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, audiovisual communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $23,273 and had an average of $24,602 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,027 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,508 and $28,233 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in audiovisual communications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in audiovisual communications.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SAE Expression College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region list. SAE Expression College is a small private for-profit school situated in Emeryville, California. It awarded 20 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olympic College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region. Bremerton, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region list. Northwest University is located in Kirkland, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Northwest University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 9 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Academy of Art University
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Loyola Marymount University
Portland State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Portland State University Audiovisual Communications Report
George Fox University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. George Fox University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Newberg, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, California State University - Dominguez Hills did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region list. California State University - Dominguez Hills is a fairly large school located in Carson, California that handed out 2 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Chapman University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Chapman is a medium-sized school located in Orange, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Mount Saint Mary’s University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region list. MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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