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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$20,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Commercial Photography is the 548th most popular major in the country with 1,101 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in commercial photography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality commercial photography programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography in the Southeast Region

#1

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Appalachian State is a public institution located in Boone, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Appalachian State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Appalachian State is $13,920 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. International Fine Arts College is located in Miami, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s commercial photography degrees to qualified students.

International Fine Arts College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design.

Read more about Commercial Photography at AI Miami International University of Art and Design

#3

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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 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 The Art Institute of Atlanta is $23,051 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students.

Read full report on Commercial Photography at The Art Institute of Atlanta

#4

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Virginia Beach, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Virginia Beach is $23,561 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students.

Full Ai Virginia Beach Commercial Photography Report

#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. Located in Madison, Tennessee, this small private for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s commercial photography students 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. It costs about $21,995 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students per year to attend Nossi College of Art.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Nossi College of Art Commercial Photography Report

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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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