by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Photography Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,184 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 66 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Photography Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in photography. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in photography.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Photography Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia bachelor’s degree photography students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Photography Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 36 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, 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 Eastern Mennonite University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Photography Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s. Eastern Mennonite is a small school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s photography degrees 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. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory and Henry College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Photography Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s. Emory & Henry College is a small school located in Emory, Virginia that handed out 0 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
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