2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Graphic Communications is the 127th most popular major in the country with 7,475 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Southeast region, there were 1,413 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,256 and $31,761 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 736 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in graphic communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality graphic communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the graphic communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in the Southeast Region
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian River State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Indian River State College is located in Fort Pierce, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees to qualified students.
Indian River State College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Indian River State College is $2,003 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Communication students.
Read full report on Graphic Communications at Indian River State College
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida State College at Jacksonville is a large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 16 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students list, FSCJ has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State College at Jacksonville is $3,916 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Communication students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Charleston. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Charleston, West Virginia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.
UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Charleston is $22,284 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #4 spot on the list. Regent University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees to qualified students.
Regent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Regent is $15,267 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Miami, Florida, this small private for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic communication students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students list, International Fine Arts College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design is $20,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
Full International Fine Arts College Graphic Communications Report
Fairmont State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Fairmont State is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 13 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairmont State, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fairmont State is $10,161 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
Read full report on Graphic Communications at Fairmont State
East Tennessee State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic communication students in 2019-2020.
ETSU also made our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for East Tennessee State University is $14,332 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
George Mason University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 58 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees to qualified students.
GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for GMU is $21,048 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Graphic Communications at George Mason University
Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 335 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.
SCAD also made our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $43,641 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students per year to attend Savannah College of Art and Design.
Full Savannah College of Art and Design Graphic Communications Report
Living Arts College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s graphic communication degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Living Arts College, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Living Arts College is $25,110 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Ringling College of Art and Design came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Ringling College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sarasota, Florida. It awarded 113 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.
Ringling College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ringling College is $49,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree graphic communication students.
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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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