2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,475 people earned their degree in graphic communications, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, graphic communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,819 and had an average of $28,832 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 126 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,500 and $26,810 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in graphic communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great graphic communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the graphic communications program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Graphic Communications in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$21,048 Average Net Price

$31,670 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 58 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $21,048 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Communication students with aid per year to attend GMU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Graphic Communications at GMU

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$15,267 Average Net Price

$24,904 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Graphic Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 21 bachelors’s graphic communication degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent also took the #2 spot in our “Best Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Regent University is $15,267 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Communication students with aid.

Full Regent University Graphic Communications Report

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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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