2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 65 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southeast Region

#1

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$11,110 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gwinnett Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Gwinnett Technical College is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 associates’s commercial photography degrees to qualified students.

GTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend GTC is $11,110 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.

Read more about Commercial Photography at GTC

#2

North Georgia Technical College

Clarkesville, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$2,351 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Georgia Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Clarkesville, Georgia, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.

North Georgia Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Georgia Technical College is $2,351 for southeast region associate degree commercial photography students.

Full North Georgia Technical College Commercial Photography Report

#3

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$23,051 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Atlanta landed the #3 spot on the list. Ai Atlanta is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 9 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Atlanta, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Atlanta is $23,051 for southeast region associate degree commercial photography students.

Full Ai Atlanta Commercial Photography Report

#4

Nossi College of Art

Madison, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$21,995 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nossi College of Art. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Nossi College of Art is a small school located in Madison, Tennessee that handed out 13 associates’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Nossi College of Art also took the #4 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nossi College of Art is $21,995 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Commercial Photography students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Commercial Photography at Nossi College of Art

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography

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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