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2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

11 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Photojournalism is the 885th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 photojournalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in photojournalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent photojournalism programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the photojournalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photojournalism (Income $48-$75k)

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,287 for bachelor’s degree photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend George Washington University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Photojournalism at GWU

#2

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Syracuse, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s photojournalism degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse is $24,698 for Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Full Syracuse University Photojournalism Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #3 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is located in Moorhead, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees to qualified students.

MSU Moorhead not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State University - Moorhead is $15,002 for Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Photojournalism at MSU Moorhead

#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan is $14,591 for Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Central Michigan University Photojournalism Report

#5

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Western Kentucky University is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees to qualified students.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Kentucky University is $15,209 for bachelor’s degree photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Photojournalism at WKU

#4 in overall quality

University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 12 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $18,693 for bachelor’s degree photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UCO.

Read full report on Photojournalism at University of Central Oklahoma

#3 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 20 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also made our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend OHIO Athens is $22,337 for bachelor’s degree photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Photojournalism at OHIO Athens

#5 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. UC is a large public school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 3 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is $20,312 for bachelor’s degree photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Photojournalism Report

#9

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#11 in overall quality

Point Park University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Point Park University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 3 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Point Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Point Park is $20,364 for bachelor’s degree photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Photojournalism at Point Park University

#10

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#8 in overall quality

Columbia College Chicago ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Columbia is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 7 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $31,071 for Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Columbia.

Read more about Photojournalism at Columbia

#7 in overall quality

St John’s University - New York came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Photojournalism Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. STJ is a large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s photojournalism degrees in 2019-2020.

STJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Photojournalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $26,661 for Bachelor’s Degree Photojournalism students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend STJ.

Read full report on Photojournalism at STJ

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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