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 “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,229 people earned their degree in audiovisual communications, making the major the 152nd most popular in the United States. 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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 89 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree audiovisual students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Old Westbury, New York, and it awarded 34 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 14 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full The American University Audiovisual Communications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s list. LIU Post is a fairly large school located in Brookville, New York that handed out 10 masters’s audiovisual degrees 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 7 masters’s audiovisual degrees 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%.
Full Academy of Art University Audiovisual Communications Report
Johns Hopkins University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s ranking. Johns Hopkins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s 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. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Middle Tennessee State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s list. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school situated in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It awarded 4 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Middle Tennessee State University
Belmont University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Audiovisual Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s audiovisual students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Belmont University
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