2022 Best Value Colleges for Graphic Communications in West Virginia (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,475 people earned their degree in graphic communications, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, graphic communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,819 and had an average of $28,832 in loans still to pay off.

Across West Virginia, there were 25 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in graphic communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great graphic communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the graphic communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia graphic communication students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Graphic Communications in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$10,161 Average Net Price

$37,755 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and it awarded 13 ’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Graphic Communications Schools in West Virginia” list. It costs about $10,161 for West Virginia Graphic Communication students with aid per year to attend Fairmont State.

Read more about Graphic Communications at Fairmont State University

#2

University of Charleston

Charleston, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$22,284 Average Net Price

$66,114 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Charleston landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Charleston is a private not-for-profit institution located in Charleston, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Schools in West Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Charleston is $22,284 for west virginia graphic communication students with aid.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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