2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,668 people earned their degree in audiovisual communications, making the major the 145th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, audiovisual communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,392 and had an average of $24,925 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,069 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,967 and $29,007 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in audiovisual communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the audiovisual communications program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

$24,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Belmont University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 3 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Belmont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belmont are $24,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Belmont University Audiovisual Communications Report

#2

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$38,975 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$30,771 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. SCAD is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 7 masters’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at SCAD

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $48-$75k)

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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