2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Master’s” ranking.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality commercial photography 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 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Master’s.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography

#1

Ohio University - Athens Campus

Athens, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OHIO Athens, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OHIO Athens are $17,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Commercial Photography at Ohio University - Athens Campus

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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