2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 2,438 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 291st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 415 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 189 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in photography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality photography programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Central Florida is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree photography students list, UCF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Florida is $10,274 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Freed-Hardeman University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. FHU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henderson, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
FHU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,703 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students per year to attend Freed-Hardeman University.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Brown University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s photography students in 2019-2020.
JBU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for JBU is $21,963 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Adventist University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit institution located in Collegedale, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Southern Adventist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $22,661 for southeast region bachelor’s degree photography students per year to attend Southern Adventist University.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
VCU also made our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,021 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students per year to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Barry University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 5 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Barry University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Barry University is $17,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.
Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s photography degrees to 99 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Savannah College of Art and Design is $43,641 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.
With a ranking of #8, Living Arts College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Living Arts College is a small private for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 5 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Living Arts College also made our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #9. The estimated yearly cost for Living Arts College is $25,110 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #9, Ringling College of Art and Design did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Ringling College is a small school located in Sarasota, Florida that handed out 6 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.
Ringling College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ringling College is $49,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree photography students.
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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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