2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 5,765 people earned their degree in visual communications, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 888 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual communications. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual communications program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The graphic arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree graphic arts students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Middle Atlantic Region

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University of Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s graphic arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Baltimore Visual Communications Report

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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Graphic Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s graphic arts degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Visual Communications at Carnegie Mellon University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.