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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$24,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,101 people earned their degree in commercial photography, making the major the 548th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 251 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in commercial photography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent commercial photography programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the commercial photography 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.

Appalachian State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,376 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Appalachian State.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Commercial Photography at Appalachian State

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s commercial photography degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for International Fine Arts College is $23,477 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $75-$110k list, Ai Virginia Beach has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Virginia Beach is $29,917 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ai Atlanta is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 2 bachelors’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also took the #3 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Atlanta is $26,165 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Commercial Photography at Ai Atlanta

#5

Nossi College of Art

Madison, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nossi College of Art. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Nossi College of Art is a private for-profit institution located in Madison, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Nossi College of Art also took the #5 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nossi College of Art is $24,403 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $75-$110k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its 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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