by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,045 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,620 and $21,576 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 326 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in audiovisual communications. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their audiovisual communications program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Bowie State University is a public institution located in Bowie, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Bowie State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rowan is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 94 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buffalo State. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Buffalo State is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Fredonia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Fredonia, New York, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at SUNY Fredonia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St John’s University - New York. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. STJ is located in Queens, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
York College of Pennsylvania landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. 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 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at York College of Pennsylvania
Ithaca College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 Ithaca College
Lebanon Valley College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Annville, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
LIU Post landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Brookville, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
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.
American University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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Gannon University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Gannon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Johns Hopkins University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Johns Hopkins is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 15 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at Johns Hopkins
With a ranking of #13, Drexel University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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