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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography in Virginia (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$10,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Photography Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Virginia, there were 93 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great photography 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 photography program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Photography in Virginia (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Photography Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Annandale, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s photography degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also made our “Best Photography Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,005 for Virginia Associate Degree Photography students with aid per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

Read more about Photography at Northern Virginia Community College

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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