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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,184 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 345 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 177 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in photography. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in photography.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree photography students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Living Arts College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Living Arts College is a small private for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region. SCAD is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 93 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
Read more about Photography at Savannah College of Art and Design
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Freed-Hardeman University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Freed-Hardeman University is a small school located in Henderson, Tennessee that handed out 10 bachelors’s photography 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ringling College of Art and Design. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Ringling College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sarasota, Florida. It awarded 5 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, John Brown University landed the #5 spot on the list. JBU is a small school located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas that handed out 8 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Carson - Newman University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Carson - Newman is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jefferson City, Tennessee. It awarded 3 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Mount Olive landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
Barry University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Barry University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Mennonite University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Eastern Mennonite University is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate 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. 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%.
Spelman College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Spelman College is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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 freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Eckerd College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s photography students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Central Florida ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Photography at University of Central Florida
Anderson University South Carolina ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Anderson, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Coker University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Coker is a small school located in Hartsville, South Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Adventist University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s photography students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Photography at Southern Adventist University
Emory and Henry College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Emory & Henry College is located in Emory, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s photography degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate 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.
Louisiana Tech University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Photography Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 0 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
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