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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in audiovisual communications. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in audiovisual communications.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree audiovisual students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Glassboro, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 94 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students 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%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowie State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 88 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #3 spot on the list. St John’s University - New York is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 36 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at St John’s University - New York
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Buffalo State landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #6, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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LIU Post came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Brookville, New York. It awarded 14 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees 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.
Ithaca College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Ithaca, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, SUNY Fredonia did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. SUNY Fredonia is a small school located in Fredonia, New York that handed out 9 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
York College of Pennsylvania came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in York, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lebanon Valley College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Annville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Gannon University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. Gannon is a small school located in Erie, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Drexel University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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