by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” 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 “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in audiovisual communications. To top this list, a school must have a successful audiovisual communications program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SAE Expression College landed the #1 spot on the list. Emeryville, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at SAE Expression College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Full Portland State University Audiovisual Communications Report
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the #3 spot on the list. Olympic College is a small public school situated in Bremerton, Washington. It awarded 16 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola Marymount University landed the #4 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. 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.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Loyola Marymount
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #5 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
Read full report on Audiovisual Communications at Academy of Art University
Northwest University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Kirkland, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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 full report on Audiovisual Communications at Northwest University
California State University - Dominguez Hills ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. California State University - Dominguez Hills is a public institution located in Carson, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full California State University - Dominguez Hills Audiovisual Communications Report
George Fox University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. George Fox University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newberg, Oregon. It awarded 1 bachelors’s audiovisual 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%.
Full George Fox University Audiovisual Communications Report
Chapman University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Chapman University is located in Orange, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.
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 2.1% 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%.
Mount Saint Mary’s University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full Mount Saint Mary’s University Audiovisual Communications Report
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