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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$10,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,438 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 291st most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 90 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent photography programs, but they also 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 photography program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Photography (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Photography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. BYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 11 bachelors’s photography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree photography students whose families make $30-$48k list, BYU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Photography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for BYU is $10,425 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Photography students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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