2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Audiovisual Communications is the 145th most popular major in the country with 6,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Plains States region, there were 243 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,500 and $18,003 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 audiovisual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality audiovisual communications programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the audiovisual communications 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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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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$24,584 Average Net Price

$30,554 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Audiovisual Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s audiovisual degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #1 spot in our “Best Audiovisual Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $24,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Audiovisual students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Webster.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Audiovisual Communications at Webster

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Audiovisual Communications (Income $75-$110k)

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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