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2022 Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Commercial Photography is the 548th most popular major in the country with 1,101 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 251 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 commercial photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in commercial photography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent commercial photography programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the commercial photography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Commercial Photography (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.

Appalachian State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State University is $7,169 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Read more about Commercial Photography at Appalachian State University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Miami, Florida, this small private for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s commercial photography students in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for AI Miami International University of Art and Design is $19,441 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Commercial Photography at AI Miami International University of Art and Design

#3

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach landed the #3 spot on the list. Ai Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s commercial photography degrees to qualified students.

Ai Virginia Beach also took the #4 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is $22,137 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Commercial Photography at Ai Virginia Beach

#4

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Atlanta landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Ai Atlanta is $21,977 for southeast region bachelor’s degree commercial photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full The Art Institute of Atlanta Commercial Photography Report

#5

Nossi College of Art

Madison, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nossi College of Art. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Commercial Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Nossi College of Art is a small private for-profit school situated in Madison, Tennessee. It awarded 16 bachelors’s commercial photography degrees in 2019-2020.

Nossi College of Art also took the #5 spot in our “Best Commercial Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nossi College of Art is $20,776 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Commercial Photography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Nossi College of Art Commercial Photography 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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