by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Visual Communications is the 154th most popular major in the country with 5,765 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 888 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 645 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 30 colleges that offer a degree in visual communications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in visual communications.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cazenovia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Cazenovia is located in Cazenovia, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pratt Institute - Main. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pratt Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 125 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIM College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LIM College is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 21 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Bowie, Maryland, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual Communications at Bowie State University
With a ranking of #6, Robert Morris University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. RMU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It awarded 34 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Farmingdale State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Farmingdale, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 56 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual Communications at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale
Monmouth University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Monmouth University is located in West Long Branch, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Stevenson University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Stevenson is a small school located in Stevenson, Maryland that handed out 12 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Houghton College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Houghton College is a small school located in Houghton, New York that handed out 3 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Kean University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #11. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Millersville, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Lehigh University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #13. Lehigh University is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 23 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Carnegie Mellon University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 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 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Seton Hall University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Seton Hall is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in South Orange, New Jersey. It awarded 16 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Syracuse University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Syracuse is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 32 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Centenary University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #17. Located in Hackettstown, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #18. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #19. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual Communications at Rutgers New Brunswick
University of Delaware did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #20. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The College of Saint Rose came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This small school is located in Albany, New York, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Pennsylvania landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual Communications at University of Pennsylvania
George Washington University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full George Washington University Visual Communications Report
Wilmington University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Castle, Delaware. It awarded 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual Communications at Wilmington University
Buffalo State came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Buffalo, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
Geneva College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s graphic arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Juniata College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Juniata College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Marymount Manhattan College came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. MMC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
St. Thomas Aquinas College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. STAC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sparkill, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual Communications at St. Thomas Aquinas College
La Roche University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. La Roche is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s graphic arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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