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2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio

6 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$21,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor's in Ohio

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Photography is the 291st most popular major in the country with 2,438 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Ohio, there were 113 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,281 and $26,151 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in photography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent photography programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the photography program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography in Ohio

#1

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, Ohio
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio list. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Youngstown State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. The yearly cost to attend Youngstown State University is $11,947 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.

Read full report on Photography at Youngstown State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #4 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $17,792 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree Photography students per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

Read more about Photography at University of Akron Main Campus

#3

Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shawnee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. This small school is located in Portsmouth, Ohio, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Shawnee State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Shawnee State University is $16,320 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.

Full Shawnee State University Photography Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus College of Art and Design landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s photography degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCAD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. It costs about $27,299 for ohio bachelor’s degree photography students per year to attend CCAD.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Photography at CCAD

#5

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Art Academy of Cincinnati. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio. AAC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 5 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

AAC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. The estimated yearly cost for AAC is $24,071 for Ohio Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.

The impressive 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.

Read more about Photography at Art Academy of Cincinnati

#6

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#1 in overall quality

University of Dayton came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Ohio ranking. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s photography students in 2019-2020.

UDayton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. The estimated yearly cost for UDayton is $31,003 for ohio bachelor’s degree photography students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Dayton Photography Report

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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