2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 585 people earned their degree in general graphic communications, making the major the 653rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 98 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general graphic communications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general graphic communications.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Graphic Communications in the Southeast Region

1

Chowan University
Murfreesboro, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chowan University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region. Chowan University is a small school located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Chowan University General Graphic Communications Report

2

University of Charleston
Charleston, West Virginia

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Charleston. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region. UC is a small school located in Charleston, West Virginia that handed out 14 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Charleston General Graphic Communications Report

3

Bluefield College
Bluefield, Virginia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bluefield College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bluefield College is a small school located in Bluefield, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Graphic Communications at Bluefield College

4

Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region. Murray State University is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 7 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Graphic Communications at Murray State University

5

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Communication Major in the Southeast Region list. Appalachian State University is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 more about General Graphic Communications at Appalachian State

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Graphic Communications

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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