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2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$35,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Visual Communications is the 161st most popular major in the country with 5,657 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 848 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 120 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual communications. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual communications program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree graphic arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s graphic arts students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual Communications at Carnegie Mellon

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 4 masters’s graphic arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual Communications at University at Buffalo

#3

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 4 masters’s graphic arts degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Full George Washington University Visual Communications Report

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s graphic arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Visual Communications at Temple

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryland Institute College of Art landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s graphic arts students in 2019-2020.

MICA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryland Institute College of Art are $49,190, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual Communications at MICA

#6

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Pratt Institute - Main did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pratt Institute is a small school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 82 masters’s graphic arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Pratt Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute are $35,226, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual Communications at Pratt Institute

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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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